Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Depressariidae Scientific name Ethmia pusiella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Ethmia Rank Species | |
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Similar Ethmia, Ethmia dodecea, Ethmia quadrillella, Ethmia bipunctella, Ethmiinae | ||
Ethmia pusiella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It occurs throughout Europe and eastwards to the Tien Shan mountains of eastern Central Asia.
The wingspan is 19 to 20 millimetres (0.75 to 0.79 in).
The caterpillars feed on common gromwell (Lithospermum officinale) and Pulmonaria officinalis. They have also been recorded to be myrmecophilous.
Taxonomy and systematics
E. pusiella is the type species of the proposed genera Anesychia and Melanoleuca, which are now considered junior synonyms of Ethmia. If considered separate from Ethmia, the senior synonym Anesychia must be used.
Two subspecies are accepted nowadays:
In earlier times, E. candidella and E. fumidella were considered varieties of E. pusiella.
Junior synonyms of E. pusiella are:
References
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