title: Ethmia
text: # 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.
  
  ## Selected species
  
  Species of Ethmia include:
  
  ### Albitogata species-group
  
  * Ethmia albitogata (Walsingham, 1907)
  * Ethmia brevistriga (Clarke, 1950)
  * Ethmia coquillettella (Busck, 1967)
  * Ethmia lassenella (Busck, 1908)
  * Ethmia minuta (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia monachella (Busck, 1910)
  * Ethmia plagiobothrae (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia scylla (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia tricula (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia umbrimarginella (Busck, 1907)
  
  ### Amasina species-group
  
  * Ethmia amasina (Staudinger, 1879)
  
  ### Assamensis species-group
  
  * Ethmia anatiformis (Kun, 2001)
  * Ethmia assamensis (Butler, 1879)
  * Ethmia autoschista (Meyrick, 1932)
  * Ethmia hunanensis (Liu, 1980)
  * Ethmia maculata (Sattler, 1967)
  
  ### Aurifluella species-group
  
  * Ethmia aurifluella (Hübner, [1810])
  * Ethmia lugubris (Staudinger, 1879)
  * Ethmia maracandica (Rebel, 1901)
  * Ethmia quadripunctella (Eversmann, 1844)
  * Ethmia vidua (Staudinger, 1879)
  
  ### Baliostola species-group
  
  * Ethmia baliostola (Walsingham, 1912)
  * Ethmia cubensis (Busck, 1934)
  
  ### Bipunctella species-group
  
  * Ethmia bipunctella
  * Ethmia caliginosella (Busck, 1904)
  * Ethmia cirrhocnemia (Lederer, 1870)
  * Ethmia euphoria (Kun, 2007)
  * Ethmia iranella (Zerny, 1940)
  * Ethmia monticola (Walsingham, 1880)
  * Ethmia namangana (Rebel, 1901)
  * Ethmia pagiopa (Meyrick, 1918)
  * Ethmia treitschkeella (Staudinger, 1879)
  
  ### Charybdis species-group
  
  * Ethmia charybdis (Powell, 1973)
  
  ### Chrysopyga species-group
  
  * Ethmia caradjae (Rebel, 1907)
  * Ethmia chrysopyga
  
  ### Confusella species-group
  
  * Ethmia berndkerni (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia billalleni (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia confusella (Walker, 1863)
  * Ethmia confusellastra (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia dimauraorum (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia duckworthi (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia ehakernae (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia farrella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia helenmillerae (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia humilis (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia johnpringlei (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia julia (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia sandra (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia striatella (Busck, 1913)
  
  ### Conglobata species-group
  
  * Ethmia conglobata (Meyrick, 1912)
  
  ### Crocosoma species-group
  
  * Ethmia crocosoma (Meyrick, 1914)
  * Ethmia epitrocha (Meyrick, 1914)
  * Ethmia maculifera (Matsumura, 1931)
  * Ethmia szabokyi (Kun, 2001)
  * Ethmia vietmiella (Kun, 2001)
  * Ethmia yeni (Kun, 2001)
  
  ### Cyanea species-group
  
  * Ethmia cyanea (Walsingham, 1912)
  
  ### Cypraeella species-group
  
  * Ethmia abraxasella (Walker, 1864)
  * Ethmia blaineorum (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia cellicoma (Meyrick, 1931)
  * Ethmia chalcodora (Meyrick, 1912)
  * Ethmia chalcogramma (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia cupreonivella (Walsingham, 1880)
  * Ethmia cypraeella (Zeller, 1863)
  * Ethmia cypraspis (Meyrick, 1930)
  * Ethmia elutella (Busck, 1914)
  * Ethmia epilygella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia festiva (Busck, 1914)
  * Ethmia fritillella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia iridella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia janzeni (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia millerorum (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia nivosella (Walker, 1864)
  * Ethmia notomurinella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia perpulchra (Walsingham, 1912)
  * Ethmia phylacops (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia proximella (Busck, 1912)
  * Ethmia scythropa (Walsingham, 1912)
  * Ethmia submissa (Busck, 1914)
  * Ethmia terpnota (Walsingham, 1912)
  * Ethmia ungulatella (Busck, 1914)
  
  ### Dehiscens species-group
  
  * Ethmia dehiscens (Meyrick, 1924)
  
  ### Distigmatella species-group
  
  * Ethmia alba (Amsel, 1949)
  * Ethmia distigmatella (Erschoff, 1874)
  * Ethmia falkovitshi (Shovkoon, 2010)
  * Ethmia quadrinotella (Mann, 1861)
  * Ethmia tamaridella (Rebel, 1907)
  * Ethmia turkmeniella (Dubatolov & Ustjuzhanin, 1998)
  * Ethmia ustyurtensis (Nupponen, 2015)
  
  ### Ditreta species-group
  
  * Ethmia arabica (Amsel, 1961) (mostly included in ditreta)
  * Ethmia ditreta (Meyrick, 1920)
  
  ### Dodecea species-group
  
  * Ethmia albifrontella (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia angarensis (Caradja, 1939)
  * Ethmia candidella (Alphéraky, 1908)
  * Ethmia dodecea
  * Ethmia ermineella (Walsingham, 1880)
  * Ethmia fumidella (Wocke, 1850)
  * Ethmia japonica (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia pusiella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Ethmia quadrillella (Goeze, 1783)
  * Ethmia septempunctata (Christoph, 1882)
  * Ethmia zygospila (Meyrick, 1934)
  
  ### Exornata species-group
  
  * Ethmia adrianforsythi (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia dianemillerae (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia exornata (Zeller, 1877)
  * Ethmia gelidella (Walker, 1864)
  * Ethmia mnesicosma (Meyrick, 1924)
  * Ethmia phylacis (Walsingham, 1912)
  
  ### Gigantea species-group
  
  * Ethmia gigantea (Busck, 1914)
  
  ### Haemorrhoidella species-group
  
  * Ethmia haemorrhoidella (Eversmann, 1844)
  * Ethmia subsidiaris (Meyrick, 1935)
  
  ### Hagenella species-group
  
  * Ethmia burnsella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia hagenella (Chambers, 1878)
  * Ethmia mimihagenella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia zelleriella (Chambers, 1878)
  
  ### Hammella species-group
  
  * Ethmia hammella (Busck, 1910)
  
  ### Joviella species-group
  
  * Ethmia joviella (Walsingham, 1897)
  * Ethmia linda (Busck, 1914)
  
  ### Kirbyi species-group
  
  * Ethmia bittenella (Busck, 1910)
  * Ethmia clarkei (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia davisella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia delliella (Fernald, 1891)
  * Ethmia kirbyi (Moeschler, 1890)
  * Ethmia linsdalei (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia subsimilis (Walsingham, 1897)
  
  ### Lapidella species-group
  
  * Ethmia bisignata (Kun, 2002)
  * Ethmia didyma (Kun, 2002)
  * Ethmia heptasema (Turner, 1898)
  * Ethmia lapidella (Walsingham, 1880)
  * Ethmia nobilis (Diakonoff, [1968])
  * Ethmia octanoma (Meyrick, 1914)
  * Ethmia reposita (Diakonoff, [1968])
  * Ethmia stojanovitsi (Kun, 2002)
  
  ### Lineatonotella species-group
  
  * Ethmia galactarcha (Meyrick, 1928)
  * Ethmia lineatonotella (Moore, 1867)
  * Ethmia palawana (Schultze, 1925)
  * Ethmia thomaswitti (Kun, 2004)
  * Ethmia trifida (Kun, 2004)
  
  ### Longimaculella species-group
  
  * Ethmia calumniella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia catapeltica (Meyrick, 1924)
  * Ethmia coronata (Walsingham, 1912)
  * Ethmia flavicaudata (Walsingham, 1912)
  * Ethmia hendersonorum (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia hieroglyphica (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia howdeni (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia laphamorum (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia lesliesaulae (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia lichyi (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia longimaculella (Chambers, 1872)
  * Ethmia nicholsonorum (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia nigritaenia (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia normgershenzi (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia omega (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia petersterlingi (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia plaumanni (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia randycurtisi (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia randyjonesi (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia subnigritaenia (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia transversella (Busck, 1914)
  * Ethmia turnerorum (Phillips, 2014)
  
  ### Lybiella species-group
  
  * Ethmia lepidella (Chrétien, 1907)
  * Ethmia lybiella (Ragonot, 1892)
  
  ### Macelhosiella species-group
  
  * Ethmia geranella (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
  * Ethmia macelhosiella (Busck, 1907)
  * Ethmia macneilli (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia timberlakei (Powell, 1973)
  
  ### Mulleri species-group
  
  * Ethmia mulleri (Busck, 1910)
  
  ### Nigripedella species-group
  
  * Ethmia albolinella (Shovkoon, 2010)
  * Ethmia asbolarcha (Meyrick, 1938)
  * Ethmia bombina (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia chrysopygella (Kolenati, 1846)
  * Ethmia comitella (Caradja, 1927)
  * Ethmia flavianella (Treitschke, 1832)
  * Ethmia mongolica (Rebel, 1901)
  * Ethmia nigrimaculata (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia nigripedella (Erschoff, 1877)
  * Ethmia sibirica (Danilevsky, 1975)
  * Ethmia ubsensis (Zagulajev, 1975)
  * Ethmia ultima (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia umbricostella (Caradja, 1927)
  
  ### Nigroapicella species-group
  
  * Ethmia dentata (Diakonoff & Sattler, 1966)
  * Ethmia nigroapicella (kou leafworm) (Saalmüller, 1880)
  
  ### Notatella species-group
  
  * Ethmia chemsaki (Powell, 1959)
  * Ethmia hiramella (Busck, 1914)
  * Ethmia notatella (Walker, 1863)
  * Ethmia paucella (Walker, 1863)
  * Ethmia phoenicura (Meyrick, 1932)
  * Ethmia stephenrumseyi (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia wellingi (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia zebrata (Powell, 1959)
  
  ### Papiella species-group
  
  * Ethmia papiella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia volcanella (Powell, 1973)
  
  ### Piperella species-group
  
  * Ethmia piperella (Powell, 1973)
  
  ### Prattiella species-group
  
  * Ethmia prattiella (Busck, 1915)
  
  ### Punctessa species-group
  
  * Ethmia angustalatella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia punctessa (Powell, 1973)
  
  ### Pyrausta species-group
  
  * Ethmia discrepitella (Rebel, 1901)
  * Ethmia nykta (Shovkoon, 2010)
  * Ethmia pyrausta (Pallas, 1771)
  
  ### Rothschildi species-group
  
  * Ethmia pseudoscythrella (Rebel, 1902)
  * Ethmia rothschildi (Rebel, 1912)
  
  ### Semilugens species-group
  
  * Ethmia albistrigella (Walsingham, 1880)
  * Ethmia apicipunctella (Chambers, 1875)
  * Ethmia arctostaphylella (Walsingham, 1880)
  * Ethmia discostrigella (Chambers, 1877)
  * Ethmia epileuca (Powell, 1959)
  * Ethmia mansita (Busck, 1914)
  * Ethmia nadia (Clarke, 1950)
  * Ethmia orestella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia semilugens (Zeller, 1872)
  * Ethmia semitenebrella (Dyar, 1902)
  
  ### Suspecta species-group
  
  * Ethmia afghana (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia interposita (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia similis (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia suspecta (Sattler, 1967)
  
  ### Terminella species-group
  
  * Ethmia terminella (T.B. Fletcher, 1938)
  
  ### Trifurcella species-group
  
  * Ethmia albicostella (Beutenmüller, 1889)
  * Ethmia baja (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia clava (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia cordia (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia heptastica (Walsingham, 1912) (misspelled as Ethmia heptasticta)
  * Ethmia hodgesella (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia marmorea (Walsingham, 1888)
  * Ethmia miriamschulmanae (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia mirusella (Chambers, 1874)
  * Ethmia oterosella (Busck, 1934) (misspelled as Ethmia oterostella)
  * Ethmia pala (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia penthica (Walsingham, 1912)
  * Ethmia playa (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia scutula (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia semiombra (Dyar, 1902)
  * Ethmia similatella (Busck, 1920)
  * Ethmia sphenisca (Powell, 1973)
  * Ethmia tilneyorum (Phillips, 2014)
  * Ethmia trifurcella (Chambers, 1873)
  
  ### Tripunctella species-group
  
  * Ethmia tripunctella (Staudinger, 1879)
  
  ### Vittalbella species-group
  
  * Ethmia lecmima (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia vittalbella (Christoph, 1877)
  
  ### Wursteri species-group
  
  * Ethmia derbendella (Sattler, 1967)
  * Ethmia infelix (Wagner, 1914)
  * Ethmia wursteri (Amsel, 1956)
  
  ### Unassigned
  
  * Ethmia acontias (Meyrick, 1906)
  * Ethmia albilineata (Viette, 1952)
  * Ethmia ampanella (Viette, 1976)
  * Ethmia andranella (Viette, 1976)
  * Ethmia antennipilosa (Wang and Li, 2004)
  * Ethmia anthracopis (Meyrick, 1902)
  * Ethmia antranella (Viette, 1976)
  * Ethmia apispinata (Wang & Wang, 2012)
  * Ethmia argomicta (Meyrick, 1920)
  * Ethmia argopa (Meyrick, 1910)
  * Ethmia atriflorella (Viette, 1958)
  * Ethmia austronamibiensis (Mey, 2011)
  * Ethmia baihua (Yang, 1977)
  * Ethmia ballistis (Meyrick, 1908)
  * Ethmia baronella (Viette, 1976)
  * Ethmia befasiella (Viette, 1958)
  * Ethmia bicolorella (Guenée, 1879)
  * Ethmia bradleyi (Viette, 1952)
  * Ethmia cassiopeia (Meyrick, 1927)
  * Ethmia circumdatella (Walker, 1863)
  * Ethmia cirrhosoma (Meyrick, 1920)
  * Ethmia clytodoxa (Turner, 1917)
  * Ethmia comoriensis (Viette, 1963)
  * Ethmia coscineutis (Meyrick, 1912)
  * Ethmia cribravia (Wang and Li, 2004)
  * Ethmia cyrenaicella (Amsel, 1955)
  * Ethmia dactylia (Meyrick, 1912)
  * Ethmia damaoshanae (Wang & Zheng, 1997)
  * Ethmia decaryanum (Viette, 1954)
  * Ethmia deconfiturella (Viette, 1963)
  * Ethmia decui (Capuse, 1981)
  * Ethmia defreinai (Ganev, 1984)
  * Ethmia duplicata (Meyrick 1914)
  * Ethmia elimatella (Danilevsky, 1975)
  * Ethmia epiloxa (Meyrick, 1914)
  * Ethmia epitrocha (Meyrick, 1914)
  * Ethmia eupostica (Powell, 1985)
  * Ethmia glabra (Meyrick, 1920)
  * Ethmia glandifera (Meyrick, 1918)
  * Ethmia gonimodes (Meyrick, 1925)
  * Ethmia guangzhouensis (Liu, 1980)
  * Ethmia hainanensis (Liu, 1980)
  * Ethmia hakkarica (Koçak, 1986)
  * Ethmia hamaxastra (Meyrick, 1930)
  * Ethmia heliomela (Lower, 1923)
  * Ethmia hemadelpha (Lower, 1903)
  * Ethmia hemicosma (Meyrick, 1920)
  * Ethmia hiemalis (Danilevski, 1969)
  * Ethmia hilarella (Walker, 1863)
  * Ethmia humiliella (Chrétien, 1916)
  * Ethmia incertella (Capuse, 1981)
  * Ethmia iphicrates (Meyrick, 1922)
  * Ethmia jingdongensis (Wang & Zheng, 1997)
  * Ethmia judicialis (Meyrick, 1921)
  * Ethmia kabulica (Amsel, 1969)
  * Ethmia kutisi (Heppner, 1991)
  * Ethmia leucocirrha (Meyrick, 1926)
  * Ethmia linosella (Viette, 1976)
  * Ethmia livida (Zeller, 1852)
  * Ethmia mariannae (Karsholt & Kun, 2003)
  * Ethmia melanocrates (Meyrick, 1923)
  * Ethmia menyuanensis (Liu, 1980)
  * Ethmia mixtella (Chrétien, 1915)
  * Ethmia namella (Mey, 2011)
  * Ethmia novoryella (Viette, 1976)
  * Ethmia oberthurella (Viette, 1958)
  * Ethmia oculigera (Möschler, 1883)
  * Ethmia oculimarginata (Diakonoff, 1947)
  * Ethmia ogovensis (Strand, 1913)
  * Ethmia okinawana (Matsumura, 1931)
  * Ethmia parabittenella (Capuse, 1981)
  * Ethmia penesella (Kun & Szaboky, 2000)
  * Ethmia penyagolosella (Domingo & Baixeras, 2003)
  * Ethmia pericentrota (Meyrick, 1926)
  * Ethmia persica (Kun, 2007)
  * Ethmia phricotypa (Bradley, 1965)
  * Ethmia pingxiangensis Liu, 1980)
  * Ethmia postica (Zeller, 1877)
  * Ethmia powelli (Heppner, 1988)
  * Ethmia praeclara (Meyrick, 1910)
  * Ethmia pseudozygospila (Kun & Szaboky, 2000)
  * Ethmia pseustis (Turner, 1942)
  * Ethmia pullata (Meyrick, 1910)
  * Ethmia pylonotella (Viette, 1956)
  * Ethmia pylorella (Viette, 1956)
  * Ethmia rhomboidella (Walsingham, 1897)
  * Ethmia saalmullerella (Viette, 1958)
  * Ethmia sabiella (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  * Ethmia sattleri (Kun, 2007)
  * Ethmia shensicola (Amsel, 1969)
  * Ethmia sibonensis (Capuse, 1981)
  * Ethmia soljanikovi (Danilevsky & Zaguljaev, 1975)
  * Ethmia sotsaella (Viette, 1976)
  * Ethmia sphaerosticha (Meyrick, 1887)
  * Ethmia sporadica (Turner, 1942)
  * Ethmia spyrathodes (Meyrick, 1922)
  * Ethmia submersa (Diakonoff, 1966)
  * Ethmia susa (Kun & Szaboky, 2000)
  * Ethmia taxiacta (Meyrick, 1920)
  * Ethmia termenalbata (Capuse, 1981)
  * Ethmia thoraea (Meyrick, 1910)
  * Ethmia tyranthes (Meyrick, 1934)
  * Ethmia unilongistriella (Capuse, 1981)
  * Ethmia virilisca (Powell, 1985)
  * Ethmia vulcanica (Kun, 2004)
  * Ethmia yunnanensis Liu, 1980)
  * Ethmia zaguljaevi (Kostjuk, 1980)
  
  ## Former species
  
  * Ethmia andalusica (Staudinger, 1879)
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ ABRS (2008), and see references in Savela (2003)
  * ↑ See references in Savela (2003)
  