Ethmia terminella

Species of moth

Ethmia terminella

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Depressariidae
Genus:  | Ethmia
Species:  |

E. terminella

Binomial name
Ethmia terminella

T.B. Fletcher, 1938

Synonyms

* Ethmia micropunctella Amsel, 1955
* Tinea sexpunctella Hübner, [1810] (non Fabricius, 1794: preoccupied)

Ethmia terminella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1838 and is found in Europe.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in). The moth flies from May to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Echium vulgare.

Two subspecies have been described:

* Ethmia terminella terminella - most of range
* Ethmia terminella micropunctella Amsel, 1955 - Jordan

## External links[edit]

* "Vijfpuntzwartwitmot - Ethmia terminella (T.B. Fletcher, 1938)". Waarneming.nl. Retrieved March 20, 2018. (in Dutch)
* Media related to Ethmia terminella at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q782294
* BioLib: 46052
* BOLD: 197880
* EoL: 941012
* Fauna Europaea: 434955
* Fauna Europaea (new): 60e866be-87cc-41dc-86bb-0af3ce61ffc3
* GBIF: 1845368
* iNaturalist: 467872
* IRMNG: 10255205
* ISC: 114281
* LepIndex: 112144
* LoB: 6302
* NBN: NBNSYS0000026221
* NCBI: 1869870

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