Ethmia candidella

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Ethmia candidella
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E. candidella
Binomial name
Ethmia candidella
(Alpheraky, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Psecadia pusiella var. candidella Alphéraky, 1908
  • Psecadia pusiella var. orientella Caradja, 1931

Ethmia candidella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in North Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East.[2]

The larvae of subspecies candidella feed on Lithospermum species (including Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum), Cerinthe major, Borago officinalis and Asperugo procumbens, while the larvae of subspecies wiltshirei have only been recorded on Asperugo procumbens.

Subspecies[]

  • Ethmia candidella candidella (Morocco, western Algeria, Spain, southern France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Macedonia, S.Russia, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Transcaspia)
  • Ethmia candidella delicatella de Lattin, 1963 (Algeria, Tunisia)
  • Ethmia candidella wiltshirei de Lattin, 1963 (north-western Iran)
  • Ethmia candidella farinatella de Lattin, 1963 (Turkestan)

References[]

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "Ethmia at funet". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-01-12.


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