Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Gelechioidea
Ref: MBGBI 4.1
Ethmia (6S) [1EX]
Head smooth-scaled; No ocelli; Antenna filiform, 2/3 length of forewing, scape with or without (bipunctella, pyrausta) pecten, flagellum very shortly ciliate; Proboscis well-developed, scaled; Maxillary palps 4-segmented (usually), folded, S4 longest; Labial palp slender, strongly recurved, S2 usually smooth (rough in pyrausta); Thorax with 4 or 5 black dots; Wings broad. Male upperside hindwing sometimes with a costal brush (dodecea, quadrillella); Male genitalia characterised by costal joint of valva and specialised gnathos
Univoltine in Britain, except bipunctella which has a partial second brood; Nocturnal, except pyrausta which is diurnal
Ref: MBGBI 4.1
Ethmia (6S) [1EX]
Head smooth-scaled; No ocelli; Antenna filiform, 2/3 length of forewing, scape with or without (bipunctella, pyrausta) pecten, flagellum very shortly ciliate; Proboscis well-developed, scaled; Maxillary palps 4-segmented (usually), folded, S4 longest; Labial palp slender, strongly recurved, S2 usually smooth (rough in pyrausta); Thorax with 4 or 5 black dots; Wings broad. Male upperside hindwing sometimes with a costal brush (dodecea, quadrillella); Male genitalia characterised by costal joint of valva and specialised gnathos
Univoltine in Britain, except bipunctella which has a partial second brood; Nocturnal, except pyrausta which is diurnal
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001 Ethmia dodecea (Dotted Ermel)
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002 Ethmia quadrillella (Comfrey Ermel)
ws: 15-19mm; May-Jul; common/tuberous comfrey (Symphytum officinale/tuberosum), lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), common gromwell (Lithospermum officinale), wood forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica); NS-B - local in fens, wetlands and damp woodland in England |
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003 Ethmia pusiella (Striped Ermel)
Not recorded in Britain since 1900 and doubtfully British - yet it is in the RES main list and not recorded as extinct |
004 Ethmia terminella (Five-spot Ermel)
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005 Ethmia pyrausta (Mountain Ermel)
ws: 17-23mm; May-Jun; lesser/alpine meadow-rue (Thalictrum minus/alpinum); RDB - Scottish highlands |
006 Ethmia bipunctella (Bordered Ermel)
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