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Ethmia pusiella

Synonyms: Ethmia lithospermella; Phalaena pusiella (homotypic); Tinea lithospermella (heterotypic); Tinea scalacella; Tinea scalatella (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Ethmia pusiella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It occurs throughout Europe and eastwards to the Tien Shan mountains of eastern Central Asia. The wingspan is 19 to 20 millimetres (0.75 to 0.79 in). The caterpillars feed on common gromwell (Lithospermum officinale) and Pulmonaria officinalis. They have also been recorded to be myrmecophilous.
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Infraspecies

Ethmia pusiella deletella
Ethmia pusiella pusiella

Prey / Diet

Borago officinalis (common borage)[1]
Buglossoides arvensis (corn-gromwell)[1]
Echium salmanticum (blueweed)[1]
Lithospermum officinale (European stoneseed)[1]
Pulmonaria officinalis (common lungwort)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0