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Ethmia quadrillella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Scientific name
  
Ethmia quadrillella

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ethmia

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Ethmia, Ethmia dodecea, Ethmia bipunctella, Ethmia pusiella, Ethmiinae

Ethmia quadrillella is a moth from the family Depressariidae, found in Eurasia.

The wingspan of the moth ranges from 15–19 mm. The flight time ranges from May to mid September in one or two generations.

The host plants are comfrey (genus Symphytum), forget-me-not (genus Myosotis) and lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis).

Three subspecies have been described:

  • E. q. quadrillela – northern populations
  • E. q. canuisella (Millière, 1867) – southwestern populations (southern France, Italy)
  • E. q. luctuosella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) – Asia Minor
  • References

    Ethmia quadrillella Wikipedia