Ethmia

Ethmia
Adult E. bipunctella at Hellerup (Denmark)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Subfamily:	Ethmiinae
Genus:	Ethmia Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Phalaena pyrausta Pallas, 1771
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
[1] Aedia Duponchel, 1836 (non Hübner, [1823]: preoccupied) Anesychia Hübner, [1825] Azinis Walker, 1863 Babaiaxa Busck, 1902 Ceratophysetis Meyrick, 1887 Chalybe Duponchel, 1836 Dasyethmia Danilevsky, 1969 Disthymia (lapsus) Disthymnia Hübner, [1825] Ehtima (lapsus) Melanoleuca Stephens, 1829 Psecadia Hübner, [1825] Tamarrha Walker, 1864 Theoxenia Walsingham, 1887 Wiltshireia Amsel, 1949 (non Buckman, 1904: )

Ethmia is a large genus of small moths. It is the type genus of the gelechioid family Ethmiidae, which is sometimes included in Elachistidae or Oecophoridae as subfamily.

Selected species[]

Species of Ethmia include:^[2]

Albitogata species-group[]

• Ethmia albitogata (Walsingham, 1907)
• Ethmia brevistriga (Clarke, 1950)
• Ethmia coquillettella (Busck, 1967)
• Ethmia lassenella (Busck, 1908)
• Ethmia minuta (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia monachella (Busck, 1910)
• Ethmia plagiobothrae (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia scylla (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia tricula (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia umbrimarginella (Busck, 1907)

Amasina species-group[]

• Ethmia amasina (Staudinger, 1879)

Assamensis species-group[]

• Ethmia anatiformis (Kun, 2001)
• Ethmia assamensis (Butler, 1879)
• Ethmia autoschista (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ethmia hunanensis (Liu, 1980)
• Ethmia maculata (Sattler, 1967)

Aurifluella species-group[]

• Ethmia aurifluella (Hübner, [1810])
• Ethmia lugubris (Staudinger, 1879)
• Ethmia maracandica (Rebel, 1901)
• Ethmia quadripunctella (Eversmann, 1844)
• Ethmia vidua (Staudinger, 1879)

Baliostola species-group[]

• Ethmia baliostola (Walsingham, 1912)
• Ethmia cubensis (Busck, 1934)

Bipunctella species-group[]

• Ethmia bipunctella
• Ethmia caliginosella (Busck, 1904)
• Ethmia cirrhocnemia (Lederer, 1870)
• Ethmia euphoria (Kun, 2007)
• Ethmia iranella (Zerny, 1940)
• Ethmia monticola (Walsingham, 1880)
• Ethmia namangana (Rebel, 1901)
• Ethmia pagiopa (Meyrick, 1918)
• Ethmia treitschkeella (Staudinger, 1879)

Charybdis species-group[]

• Ethmia charybdis (Powell, 1973)

Chrysopyga species-group[]

• Ethmia caradjae (Rebel, 1907)
• Ethmia chrysopyga

Confusella species-group[]

• Ethmia berndkerni (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia billalleni (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia confusella (Walker, 1863)
• Ethmia confusellastra (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia dimauraorum (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia duckworthi (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia ehakernae (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia farrella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia helenmillerae (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia humilis (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia johnpringlei (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia julia (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia sandra (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia striatella (Busck, 1913)

Conglobata species-group[]

• Ethmia conglobata (Meyrick, 1912)

Crocosoma species-group[]

• Ethmia crocosoma (Meyrick, 1914)
• Ethmia epitrocha (Meyrick, 1914)
• Ethmia maculifera (Matsumura, 1931)
• Ethmia szabokyi (Kun, 2001)
• Ethmia vietmiella (Kun, 2001)
• Ethmia yeni (Kun, 2001)

Cyanea species-group[]

• Ethmia cyanea (Walsingham, 1912)

Cypraeella species-group[]

• Ethmia abraxasella (Walker, 1864)
• Ethmia blaineorum (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia cellicoma (Meyrick, 1931)
• Ethmia chalcodora (Meyrick, 1912)
• Ethmia chalcogramma (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia cupreonivella (Walsingham, 1880)
• Ethmia cypraeella (Zeller, 1863)
• Ethmia cypraspis (Meyrick, 1930)
• Ethmia elutella (Busck, 1914)
• Ethmia epilygella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia festiva (Busck, 1914)
• Ethmia fritillella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia iridella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia janzeni (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia millerorum (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia nivosella (Walker, 1864)
• Ethmia notomurinella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia perpulchra (Walsingham, 1912)
• Ethmia phylacops (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia proximella (Busck, 1912)
• Ethmia scythropa (Walsingham, 1912)
• Ethmia submissa (Busck, 1914)
• Ethmia terpnota (Walsingham, 1912)
• Ethmia ungulatella (Busck, 1914)

Dehiscens species-group[]

• Ethmia dehiscens (Meyrick, 1924)

Distigmatella species-group[]

• Ethmia alba (Amsel, 1949)
• Ethmia distigmatella (Erschoff, 1874)
• Ethmia falkovitshi (Shovkoon, 2010)
• Ethmia quadrinotella (Mann, 1861)
• Ethmia tamaridella (Rebel, 1907)
• Ethmia turkmeniella (Dubatolov & Ustjuzhanin, 1998)
• Ethmia ustyurtensis (Nupponen, 2015)

Ditreta species-group[]

• Ethmia arabica (Amsel, 1961) (mostly included in ditreta)
• Ethmia ditreta (Meyrick, 1920)

Dodecea species-group[]

• Ethmia albifrontella (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia angarensis (Caradja, 1939)
• Ethmia candidella (Alphéraky, 1908)
• Ethmia dodecea
• Ethmia ermineella (Walsingham, 1880)
• Ethmia fumidella (Wocke, 1850)
• Ethmia japonica (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia pusiella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Ethmia quadrillella (Goeze, 1783)
• Ethmia septempunctata (Christoph, 1882)
• Ethmia zygospila (Meyrick, 1934)

Exornata species-group[]

• Ethmia adrianforsythi (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia dianemillerae (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia exornata (Zeller, 1877)
• Ethmia gelidella (Walker, 1864)
• Ethmia mnesicosma (Meyrick, 1924)
• Ethmia phylacis (Walsingham, 1912)

Gigantea species-group[]

• Ethmia gigantea (Busck, 1914)

Haemorrhoidella species-group[]

• Ethmia haemorrhoidella (Eversmann, 1844)
• Ethmia subsidiaris (Meyrick, 1935)

Hagenella species-group[]

• Ethmia burnsella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia hagenella (Chambers, 1878)
• Ethmia mimihagenella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia zelleriella (Chambers, 1878)

Hammella species-group[]

• Ethmia hammella (Busck, 1910)

Joviella species-group[]

• Ethmia joviella (Walsingham, 1897)
• Ethmia linda (Busck, 1914)

Kirbyi species-group[]

• Ethmia bittenella (Busck, 1910)
• Ethmia clarkei (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia davisella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia delliella (Fernald, 1891)
• Ethmia kirbyi (Moeschler, 1890)
• Ethmia linsdalei (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia subsimilis (Walsingham, 1897)

Lapidella species-group[]

• Ethmia bisignata (Kun, 2002)
• Ethmia didyma (Kun, 2002)
• Ethmia heptasema (Turner, 1898)
• Ethmia lapidella (Walsingham, 1880)
• Ethmia nobilis (Diakonoff, [1968])
• Ethmia octanoma (Meyrick, 1914)
• Ethmia reposita (Diakonoff, [1968])
• Ethmia stojanovitsi (Kun, 2002)

Lineatonotella species-group[]

• Ethmia galactarcha (Meyrick, 1928)
• Ethmia lineatonotella (Moore, 1867)
• Ethmia palawana (Schultze, 1925)
• Ethmia thomaswitti (Kun, 2004)
• Ethmia trifida (Kun, 2004)

Longimaculella species-group[]

• Ethmia calumniella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia catapeltica (Meyrick, 1924)
• Ethmia coronata (Walsingham, 1912)
• Ethmia flavicaudata (Walsingham, 1912)
• Ethmia hendersonorum (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia hieroglyphica (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia howdeni (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia laphamorum (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia lesliesaulae (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia lichyi (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia longimaculella (Chambers, 1872)
• Ethmia nicholsonorum (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia nigritaenia (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia normgershenzi (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia omega (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia petersterlingi (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia plaumanni (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia randycurtisi (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia randyjonesi (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia subnigritaenia (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia transversella (Busck, 1914)
• Ethmia turnerorum (Phillips, 2014)

Lybiella species-group[]

• Ethmia lepidella (Chrétien, 1907)
• Ethmia lybiella (Ragonot, 1892)

Macelhosiella species-group[]

• Ethmia geranella (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
• Ethmia macelhosiella (Busck, 1907)
• Ethmia macneilli (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia timberlakei (Powell, 1973)

Mulleri species-group[]

• Ethmia mulleri (Busck, 1910)

Nigripedella species-group[]

• Ethmia albolinella (Shovkoon, 2010)
• Ethmia asbolarcha (Meyrick, 1938)
• Ethmia bombina (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia chrysopygella (Kolenati, 1846)
• Ethmia comitella (Caradja, 1927)
• Ethmia flavianella (Treitschke, 1832)
• Ethmia mongolica (Rebel, 1901)
• Ethmia nigrimaculata (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia nigripedella (Erschoff, 1877)
• Ethmia sibirica (Danilevsky, 1975)
• Ethmia ubsensis (Zagulajev, 1975)
• Ethmia ultima (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia umbricostella (Caradja, 1927)

Nigroapicella species-group[]

• Ethmia dentata (Diakonoff & Sattler, 1966)
• Ethmia nigroapicella (kou leafworm) (Saalmüller, 1880)

Notatella species-group[]

• Ethmia chemsaki (Powell, 1959)
• Ethmia hiramella (Busck, 1914)
• Ethmia notatella (Walker, 1863)
• Ethmia paucella (Walker, 1863)
• Ethmia phoenicura (Meyrick, 1932)
• Ethmia stephenrumseyi (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia wellingi (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia zebrata (Powell, 1959)

Papiella species-group[]

• Ethmia papiella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia volcanella (Powell, 1973)

Piperella species-group[]

• Ethmia piperella (Powell, 1973)

Prattiella species-group[]

• Ethmia prattiella (Busck, 1915)

Punctessa species-group[]

• Ethmia angustalatella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia punctessa (Powell, 1973)

Pyrausta species-group[]

• Ethmia discrepitella (Rebel, 1901)
• Ethmia nykta (Shovkoon, 2010)
• Ethmia pyrausta (Pallas, 1771)

Rothschildi species-group[]

• Ethmia pseudoscythrella (Rebel, 1902)
• Ethmia rothschildi (Rebel, 1912)

Semilugens species-group[]

• Ethmia albistrigella (Walsingham, 1880)
• Ethmia apicipunctella (Chambers, 1875)
• Ethmia arctostaphylella (Walsingham, 1880)
• Ethmia discostrigella (Chambers, 1877)
• Ethmia epileuca (Powell, 1959)
• Ethmia mansita (Busck, 1914)
• Ethmia nadia (Clarke, 1950)
• Ethmia orestella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia semilugens (Zeller, 1872)
• Ethmia semitenebrella (Dyar, 1902)

Suspecta species-group[]

• Ethmia afghana (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia interposita (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia similis (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia suspecta (Sattler, 1967)

Terminella species-group[]

• Ethmia terminella (T.B. Fletcher, 1938)

Trifurcella species-group[]

• Ethmia albicostella (Beutenmüller, 1889)
• Ethmia baja (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia clava (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia cordia (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia heptastica (Walsingham, 1912) (misspelled as Ethmia heptasticta)
• Ethmia hodgesella (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia marmorea (Walsingham, 1888)
• Ethmia miriamschulmanae (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia mirusella (Chambers, 1874)
• Ethmia oterosella (Busck, 1934) (misspelled as Ethmia oterostella)
• Ethmia pala (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia penthica (Walsingham, 1912)
• Ethmia playa (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia scutula (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia semiombra (Dyar, 1902)
• Ethmia similatella (Busck, 1920)
• Ethmia sphenisca (Powell, 1973)
• Ethmia tilneyorum (Phillips, 2014)
• Ethmia trifurcella (Chambers, 1873)

Tripunctella species-group[]

• Ethmia tripunctella (Staudinger, 1879)

Vittalbella species-group[]

• Ethmia lecmima (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia vittalbella (Christoph, 1877)

Wursteri species-group[]

• Ethmia derbendella (Sattler, 1967)
• Ethmia infelix (Wagner, 1914)
• Ethmia wursteri (Amsel, 1956)

Unassigned[]

• Ethmia acontias (Meyrick, 1906)
• Ethmia albilineata (Viette, 1952)
• Ethmia ampanella (Viette, 1976)
• Ethmia andranella (Viette, 1976)
• Ethmia antennipilosa (Wang and Li, 2004)
• Ethmia anthracopis (Meyrick, 1902)
• Ethmia antranella (Viette, 1976)
• Ethmia apispinata (Wang & Wang, 2012)
• Ethmia argomicta (Meyrick, 1920)
• Ethmia argopa (Meyrick, 1910)
• Ethmia atriflorella (Viette, 1958)
• Ethmia austronamibiensis (Mey, 2011)
• Ethmia baihua (Yang, 1977)
• Ethmia ballistis (Meyrick, 1908)
• Ethmia baronella (Viette, 1976)
• Ethmia befasiella (Viette, 1958)
• Ethmia bicolorella (Guenée, 1879)
• Ethmia bradleyi (Viette, 1952)
• Ethmia cassiopeia (Meyrick, 1927)
• Ethmia circumdatella (Walker, 1863)
• Ethmia cirrhosoma (Meyrick, 1920)
• Ethmia clytodoxa (Turner, 1917)
• Ethmia comoriensis (Viette, 1963)
• Ethmia coscineutis (Meyrick, 1912)
• Ethmia cribravia (Wang and Li, 2004)
• Ethmia cyrenaicella (Amsel, 1955)
• Ethmia dactylia (Meyrick, 1912)
• Ethmia damaoshanae (Wang & Zheng, 1997)
• Ethmia decaryanum (Viette, 1954)
• Ethmia deconfiturella (Viette, 1963)
• Ethmia decui (Capuse, 1981)
• Ethmia defreinai (Ganev, 1984)
• Ethmia duplicata^{[verification needed]} (Meyrick 1914)
• Ethmia elimatella (Danilevsky, 1975)
• Ethmia epiloxa (Meyrick, 1914)
• Ethmia epitrocha (Meyrick, 1914)
• Ethmia eupostica (Powell, 1985)
• Ethmia glabra (Meyrick, 1920)
• Ethmia glandifera (Meyrick, 1918)
• Ethmia gonimodes (Meyrick, 1925)
• Ethmia guangzhouensis (Liu, 1980)
• Ethmia hainanensis (Liu, 1980)
• Ethmia hakkarica (Koçak, 1986)
• Ethmia hamaxastra (Meyrick, 1930)
• Ethmia heliomela (Lower, 1923)
• Ethmia hemadelpha (Lower, 1903)
• Ethmia hemicosma (Meyrick, 1920)
• Ethmia hiemalis (Danilevski, 1969)
• Ethmia hilarella (Walker, 1863)
• Ethmia humiliella (Chrétien, 1916)
• Ethmia incertella (Capuse, 1981)
• Ethmia iphicrates (Meyrick, 1922)
• Ethmia jingdongensis (Wang & Zheng, 1997)
• Ethmia judicialis (Meyrick, 1921)
• Ethmia kabulica (Amsel, 1969)
• Ethmia kutisi (Heppner, 1991)
• Ethmia leucocirrha (Meyrick, 1926)
• Ethmia linosella (Viette, 1976)
• Ethmia livida (Zeller, 1852)
• Ethmia mariannae (Karsholt & Kun, 2003)
• Ethmia melanocrates (Meyrick, 1923)
• Ethmia menyuanensis (Liu, 1980)
• Ethmia mixtella (Chrétien, 1915)
• Ethmia namella (Mey, 2011)
• Ethmia novoryella (Viette, 1976)
• Ethmia oberthurella (Viette, 1958)
• Ethmia oculigera (Möschler, 1883)
• Ethmia oculimarginata (Diakonoff, 1947)
• Ethmia ogovensis (Strand, 1913)
• Ethmia okinawana (Matsumura, 1931)
• Ethmia parabittenella (Capuse, 1981)
• Ethmia penesella (Kun & Szaboky, 2000)
• Ethmia penyagolosella (Domingo & Baixeras, 2003)
• Ethmia pericentrota (Meyrick, 1926)
• Ethmia persica (Kun, 2007)
• Ethmia phricotypa (Bradley, 1965)
• Ethmia pingxiangensis Liu, 1980)
• Ethmia postica (Zeller, 1877)
• Ethmia powelli (Heppner, 1988)
• Ethmia praeclara (Meyrick, 1910)
• Ethmia pseudozygospila (Kun & Szaboky, 2000)
• Ethmia pseustis (Turner, 1942)
• Ethmia pullata (Meyrick, 1910)
• Ethmia pylonotella (Viette, 1956)
• Ethmia pylorella (Viette, 1956)
• Ethmia rhomboidella (Walsingham, 1897)
• Ethmia saalmullerella (Viette, 1958)
• Ethmia sabiella (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Ethmia sattleri (Kun, 2007)
• Ethmia shensicola (Amsel, 1969)
• Ethmia sibonensis (Capuse, 1981)
• Ethmia soljanikovi (Danilevsky & Zaguljaev, 1975)
• Ethmia sotsaella (Viette, 1976)
• Ethmia sphaerosticha (Meyrick, 1887)
• Ethmia sporadica (Turner, 1942)
• Ethmia spyrathodes (Meyrick, 1922)
• Ethmia submersa (Diakonoff, 1966)
• Ethmia susa (Kun & Szaboky, 2000)
• Ethmia taxiacta (Meyrick, 1920)
• Ethmia termenalbata (Capuse, 1981)
• Ethmia thoraea (Meyrick, 1910)
• Ethmia tyranthes (Meyrick, 1934)
• Ethmia unilongistriella (Capuse, 1981)
• Ethmia virilisca (Powell, 1985)
• Ethmia vulcanica (Kun, 2004)
• Ethmia yunnanensis Liu, 1980)
• Ethmia zaguljaevi (Kostjuk, 1980)

Former species[]

• Ethmia andalusica (Staudinger, 1879)

Footnotes[]

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ethmia.

• Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2008): Australian Faunal Directory – Ethmia. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-APR-01.
• Savela, Markku (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Ethmia. Version of 2003-DEC-29. Retrieved 2010-APR-21.