Ethmia

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.

Ethmia
Adult E. bipunctella at Hellerup (Denmark)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
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)

Selected species

Species of Ethmia include:

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 (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)

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.