Ethmia dodecea

Ethmia dodecea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. dodecea
Binomial name
Ethmia dodecea
(Haworth, [1828])
Synonyms

Erminea decemguttella (Hübner, [1810])
Erminea dodecea Haworth, [1828]
Melanoleuca dodecca (lapsus)
Melanoleuca dodecea (Haworth, [1828])
Melanoleuca dodocea (lapsus)
Psecadia dezemguttella (lapsus)
Tinea decemguttella Hübner, [1810]

  • Ethmia decemgutella (lapsus)

Ethmia dodecea is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, the south-western, southern and eastern European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, western Kazakhstan and Siberia.[1]

A sprig of Lithospermum officinale eaten by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Lithospermum officinale.

References

  1. ↑ Review of Ethmiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Asian part of Russia and neighbouring territories

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.