Ethmia

Ethmia
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Adult E. bipunctella at Hellerup (Denmark)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Ditrysia
Family:	Ethmiidae
Genus:	Ethmia Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Phalaena pyrausta Pallas, 1771
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
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: preoccupied)

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:

• distigmatella species-group
  • Ethmia alba (Amsel, 1949)
  • Ethmia distigmatella (Erschoff, 1874)
  • Ethmia quadrinotella Mann, 1861
  • Ethmia tamaridella (Rebel, 1907)
  • Ethmia turkmeniella Dubatolov & Ustjuzhanin, 1998
  • Ethmia falkovitshi Shovkoon, 2010
• lybiella species-group
  • Ethmia lybiella (Ragonot, 1892)
  • Ethmia lepidella (Chrétien, 1907)
• vittalbella species-group
  • Ethmia vittalbella (Christoph, 1877)
  • Ethmia lecmima Sattler, 1967
• dodecea species-group
  • Ethmia dodecea
  • Ethmia angarensis Caradja, 1939
  • Ethmia zygospila Meyrick, 1934
  • Ethmia ermineella (Walsingham, 1880)
  • Ethmia albifrontella Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia septempunctata (Christoph, 1882)
  • Ethmia japonica Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia quadrillella
  • Ethmia fumidella (Wocke, 1850)
  • Ethmia candidella (Alphéraky, 1908)
  • Ethmia pusiella
• semilugens species-group
  • Ethmia albistrigella (Walsingham, 1880)
  • Ethmia nadia Clarke, 1950
  • Ethmia orestella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia semilugens (Zeller, 1872)
  • Ethmia epileuca Powell, 1959
  • Ethmia apicipunctella (Chambers, 1875)
  • Ethmia arctostaphylella (Walsingham, 1880)
  • Ethmia mansita Busck, 1914
  • Ethmia discostrigella (Chambers, 1877)
  • Ethmia semitenebrella Dyar, 1902
• papiella species-group
  • Ethmia papiella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia volcanella Powell, 1973
• rothschildi species-group
  • Ethmia rothschildi (Rebel, 1912)
  • Ethmia pseudoscythrella (Rebel, 1902)
• albitogata species-group
  • Ethmia umbrimarginella Busck, 1907
  • Ethmia lassenella Busck, 1908
  • Ethmia coquillettella Busck, 1967
  • Ethmia monachella Busck, 1910
  • Ethmia scylla Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia brevistriga Clarke, 1950
  • Ethmia albitogata Walsingham, 1907
  • Ethmia plagiobothrae Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia minuta Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia tricula Powell, 1973
• terminella species-group
  • Ethmia terminella
• aurifluella species-group
  • Ethmia aurifluella (Hübner, [1810])
  • Ethmia lugubris (Staudinger, 1879)
  • Ethmia vidua (Staudinger, 1879)
  • Ethmia quadripunctella (Eversmann, 1844)
  • Ethmia maracandica (Rebel, 1901)
• pyrausta species-group
  • Ethmia pyrausta
  • Ethmia discrepitella (Rebel, 1901)
  • Ethmia nykta Shovkoon, 2010
• bipunctella species-group
  • Ethmia bipunctella
  • Ethmia pagiopa Meyrick, 1918
  • Ethmia cirrhocnemia (Lederer, 1870)
  • Ethmia namangana (Rebel, 1901)
  • Ethmia iranella Zerny, 1940
  • Ethmia treitschkeella (Staudinger, 1879)
  • Ethmia monticola (Walsingham, 1880)
  • Ethmia caliginosella Busck, 1904
  • Ethmia euphoria Kun, 2007
• chrysopyga species-group
  • Ethmia chrysopyga
  • Ethmia caradjae (Rebel, 1907)
• haemorrhoidella species-group
  • Ethmia haemorrhoidella (Eversmann, 1844)
  • Ethmia subsidiaris Meyrick, 1935
• suspecta species-group
  • Ethmia similis Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia interposita Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia suspecta Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia afghana Sattler, 1967
• wursteri species-group
  • Ethmia derbendella Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia infelix Wagner, 1914
  • Ethmia wursteri Amsel, 1956
• amasina species-group
  • Ethmia amasina (Staudinger, 1879)
• nigripedella species-group
  • Ethmia nigripedella (Erschoff, 1877)
  • Ethmia nigrimaculata Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia asbolarcha Meyrick, 1938
  • Ethmia mongolica (Rebel, 1901)
  • Ethmia comitella Caradja, 1927
  • Ethmia bombina Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia umbricostella Caradja, 1927
  • Ethmia chrysopygella (Kolenati, 1846)
  • Ethmia flavianella (Treitschke, 1832)
  • Ethmia ultima Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia albolinella Shovkoon, 2010
  • Ethmia sibirica Danilevsky, 1975
  • Ethmia ubsensis Zagulajev, 1975
• dehiscens species-group
  • Ethmia dehiscens Meyrick, 1924
• assamensis species-group
  • Ethmia maculata Sattler, 1967
  • Ethmia anatiformis Kun, 2001
  • Ethmia hunanensis Liu, 1980
  • Ethmia autoschista Meyrick, 1932
  • Ethmia assamensis (Butler, 1879)
• lineatonotella species-group
  • Ethmia lineatonotella (Moore, 1867)
  • Ethmia galactarcha Meyrick, 1928
  • Ethmia palawana Schultze, 1925
  • Ethmia trifida Kun, 2004
  • Ethmia thomaswitti Kun, 2004
• nigroapicella species-group
  • Ethmia dentata Diakonoff & Sattler, 1966
  • Ethmia nigroapicella – Kou Leafworm
• crocosoma species-group
  • Ethmia crocosoma Meyrick, 1914
  • Ethmia epitrocha (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Ethmia szabokyi Kun, 2001
  • Ethmia vietmiella Kun, 2001
  • Ethmia yeni Kun, 2001
  • Ethmia maculifera (Matsumura, 1931)
• tripunctella species-group
  • Ethmia tripunctella Staudinger, 1879
• lapidella species-group
  • Ethmia lapidella (Walsingham, 1880)
  • Ethmia octanoma Meyrick, 1914
  • Ethmia heptasema (Turner, 1898)
  • Ethmia stojanovitsi Kun, 2002
  • Ethmia bisignata Kun, 2002
  • Ethmia didyma Kun, 2002
  • Ethmia reposita Diakonoff, [1968]
  • Ethmia nobilis Diakonoff, [1968]
• ditreta species-group
  • Ethmia ditreta Meyrick, 1920
  • Ethmia arabica Amsel, 1961 (mostly included in ditreta)
• charybdis species-group
  • Ethmia charybdis Powell, 1973
• macelhosiella species-group
  • Ethmia macelhosiella Busck, 1907
  • Ethmia geranella Barnes & Busck, 1920
  • Ethmia timberlakei Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia macneilli Powell, 1973
• piperella species-group
  • Ethmia piperella Powell, 1973
• hagenella species-group
  • Ethmia hagenella (Chambers, 1878)
  • Ethmia mimihagenella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia burnsella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia zelleriella (Chambers, 1878)
• kirbyi species-group
  • Ethmia delliella (Fernald, 1891)
  • Ethmia davisella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia linsdalei Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia clarkei Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia subsimilis Walsingham, 1897
  • Ethmia kirbyi (Moeschler, 1890)
  • Ethmia bittenella (Busck, 1910)
• mulleri species-group
  • Ethmia mulleri Busck, 1910
• cypraeella species-group
  • Ethmia proximella Busck, 1912
  • Ethmia festiva Busck, 1914
  • Ethmia cypraeella (Zeller, 1863)
  • Ethmia abraxasella (Walker, 1864)
  • Ethmia scythropa Walsingham, 1912
  • Ethmia nivosella (Walker, 1864)
  • Ethmia terpnota Walsingham, 1912
  • Ethmia iridella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia perpulchra Walsingham, 1912
  • Ethmia elutella Busck, 1914
  • Ethmia janzeni Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia submissa Busck, 1914
  • Ethmia fritillella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia epilygella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia cupreonivella (Walsingham, 1880)
  • Ethmia notomurinella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia ungulatella Busck, 1914
  • Ethmia cypraspis Meyrick, 1930
  • Ethmia chalcodora Meyrick, 1912
  • Ethmia cellicoma Meyrick, 1931
  • Ethmia chalcogramma Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia phylacops Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia blaineorum Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia millerorum Phillips, 2014
• exornata species-group
  • Ethmia exornata (Zeller, 1877)
  • Ethmia dianemillerae Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia adrianforsythi Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia phylacis Walsingham, 1912
  • Ethmia mnesicosma Meyrick, 1924
  • Ethmia gelidella (Walker, 1864)
• notatella species-group
  • Ethmia phoenicura Meyrick, 1932
  • Ethmia zebrata Powell, 1959
  • Ethmia chemsaki Powell, 1959
  • Ethmia notatella (Walker, 1863)
  • Ethmia hiramella Busck, 1914
  • Ethmia paucella (Walker, 1863)
  • Ethmia wellingi Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia stephenrumseyi Phillips, 2014
• baliostola species-group
  • Ethmia baliostola Walsingham, 1912
  • Ethmia cubensis Busck, 1934
• confusella species-group
  • Ethmia confusella (Walker, 1863)
  • Ethmia striatella Busck, 1913
  • Ethmia dimauraorum Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia duckworthi Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia billalleni Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia ehakernae Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia sandra Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia confusellastra Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia julia Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia humilis Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia farrella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia berndkerni Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia helenmillerae Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia johnpringlei Phillips, 2014
• longimaculella species-group
  • Ethmia coronata Walsingham, 1912
  • Ethmia nigritaenia Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia subnigritaenia Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia catapeltica Meyrick, 1924
  • Ethmia petersterlingi Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia lesliesaulae Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia turnerorum Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia normgershenzi Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia nicholsonorum Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia howdeni Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia longimaculella (Chambers, 1872)
  • Ethmia flavicaudata Walsingham, 1912
  • Ethmia lichyi Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia calumniella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia omega Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia plaumanni Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia transversella Busck, 1914
  • Ethmia hieroglyphica Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia laphamorum Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia hendersonorum Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia randyjonesi Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia randycurtisi Phillips, 2014
• conglobata species-group
  • Ethmia conglobata Meyrick, 1912
• cyanea species-group
  • Ethmia cyanea Walsingham, 1912
• gigantea species-group
  • Ethmia gigantea Busck, 1914
• trifurcella species-group
  • Ethmia semiombra Dyar, 1902
  • Ethmia albicostella (Beutenmüller, 1889)
  • Ethmia mirusella (Chambers, 1874)
  • Ethmia trifurcella (Chambers, 1873)
  • Ethmia marmorea (Walsingham, 1888)
  • Ethmia hodgesella Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia playa Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia baja Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia penthica Walsingham, 1912
  • Ethmia similatella Busck, 1920
  • Ethmia cordia Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia scutula Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia pala Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia clava Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia sphenisca Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia heptastica Walsingham, 1912 (misspelled as Ethmia heptasticta)
  • Ethmia oterosella Busck, 1934 (misspelled as Ethmia oterostella)
  • Ethmia miriamschulmanae Phillips, 2014
  • Ethmia tilneyorum Phillips, 2014
• prattiella species-group
  • Ethmia prattiella Busck, 1915
• joviella species-group
  • Ethmia linda Busck, 1914
  • Ethmia joviella Walsingham, 1897
• hammella species-group
  • Ethmia hammella Busck, 1910
• punctessa species-group
  • Ethmia punctessa Powell, 1973
  • Ethmia angustalatella Powell, 1973
• 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 Meyrick 1914
  • Ethmia elimatella Danilevsky, 1975
  • Ethmia epiloxa Meyrick, 1914
  • Ethmia epitrocha (Meyrick, 1914)
  • Ethmia eupostica Powell, 1985
  • Ethmia guangzhouensis Liu, 1980
  • Ethmia glabra Meyrick, 1920
  • Ethmia glandifera Meyrick, 1918
  • Ethmia gonimodes Meyrick, 1925
  • 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 okinawana (Matsumura, 1931)
  • Ethmia ovogensis Strand, 1913 (Ethmia ogovensis)
  • Ethmia parabittenella Capuse, 1981
  • Ethmia penesella Kun & Szaboky, 2000
  • Ethmia penyagolosella Domingo & Baixeras, 2003
  • Ethmia pericentrota Meyrick, 1926
  • Ethmia persica Kun, 2007
  • Ethmia phricotype 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)

References

• 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.

• ABRS (2008), and see references in Savela (2003)
• See references in Savela (2003)