# 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)