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)
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Ethmia

Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Phalaena pyrausta
Pallas, 1771
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms

[1]
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:[2]

Albitogata species-group

Amasina species-group

Assamensis species-group

Aurifluella species-group

Baliostola species-group

Bipunctella species-group

Charybdis species-group

Chrysopyga species-group

Confusella species-group

Conglobata species-group

Crocosoma species-group

Cyanea species-group

Cypraeella species-group

Dehiscens species-group

Distigmatella species-group

Ditreta species-group

Dodecea species-group

Exornata species-group

Gigantea species-group

Haemorrhoidella species-group

Hagenella species-group

Hammella species-group

Joviella species-group

Kirbyi species-group

Lapidella species-group

Lineatonotella species-group

Longimaculella species-group

Lybiella species-group

Macelhosiella species-group

Mulleri species-group

Nigripedella species-group

Nigroapicella species-group

Notatella species-group

Papiella species-group

Piperella species-group

Prattiella species-group

Punctessa species-group

Pyrausta species-group

Rothschildi species-group

Semilugens species-group

Suspecta species-group

Terminella species-group

Trifurcella species-group

Tripunctella species-group

Vittalbella species-group

Wursteri species-group

Unassigned

Former species

Footnotes

  1. ABRS (2008), and see references in Savela (2003)
  2. See references in Savela (2003)

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.
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