Ethmia bipunctella

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Ethmia bipunctella
Ethmia bipunctella

Ethmia bipunctella

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Grass miners (Elachistidae)
Subfamily : Ethmiinae
Genre : Ethmia
Type : Ethmia bipunctella
Scientific name
Ethmia bipunctella
( Fabricius , 1775)
Caterpillar on Echium vulgare

Ethmia bipunctella is a butterfly ( moth ) fromthe grass leaf miner family (Elachistidae).

features

The moths reach a wingspan of 19 to 28 millimeters. Sedentary moths roll their wings around the body. The costal half of the forewings is black, the other half, including the inner and outer edge of the wing, is white. The course of the borderline between the black and white area is only slightly variable. The black reaches the outer edge of the wing in the middle, the inner angle is white. A series of black lines runs along the hem line. When viewed from above, there are three black dots on either side of the thorax .

distribution

Ethmia bipunctella is common in Europe and North America .

biology

The caterpillars live in fine webs and feed on the flowers and leaves of common adder's head ( Echium vulgare ), common dog's tongue ( Cynoglossum officinale ) and other types of leafy plants . These include species from the genera Anchusa , Cynoglossum , Echium , Lithospermum , Symphytum . The caterpillars pupate in dead stems or rotting wood. The species forms two generations a year, which fly from late April to late June and from August to September. The moths come to light .

Systematics

The following synonyms are known from the literature:

  • Alucita bipunctella Fabricius , 1775
  • Tinea echiella Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775
  • Tinea hochenwartiella Rossi , 1790

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. (No longer available online.) Ian Kimber, archived from the original August 18, 2011 ; Retrieved August 30, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ukmoths.org.uk
  2. ↑ a b c Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images. (No longer available online.) Lynn Scott, archived from the original on July 31, 2011 ; Retrieved August 30, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.acleris.com
  3. ↑ a b Umberto Parenti: Guide to the Microlepidoptera of Europe . 1st edition. Museo Regionale di Scienze Natural, Turin 2000, ISBN 88-86041-36-5 (English). Plate 58
  4. ↑ Ethmia bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775). Flemish Entomological Society, accessed August 30, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Ethmia bipunctella in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved August 30, 2011

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