Ethmia quadrinotella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, north-western Karakoram, Bahrain, Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Cape Verde and northern Sudan.[2]

Ethmia quadrinotella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. quadrinotella
Binomial name
Ethmia quadrinotella
(Mann, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anesychia quadrinotella Mann, 1861
  • Ethmia quadrinotella var. atticella Caradja, 1920
  • Eulechria galaxaea Myerick, 1922
  • Psecadia quiquenotella Chrétien, 1915
  • Psecadia acutella Turati, 1934
  • Ethmia paneliusella Viette, 1958

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Heliotropium undulatum.[3]

Subspecies

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  • Ethmia quadrinotella quadrinotella (Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Iran)
  • Ethmia quadrinotella quiquenotella Chrétien, 1915 (Cape Verde, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, northern Sudan, Arabia, Bahrain, south-western Iraq, southern Iran, Afghanistan, north-western Karakoram, Tunisia)

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "Ethmia at funet". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  3. ^ Afro Moths