Ethmia iranella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. iranella
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Ethmia iranella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It has been recorded from Asia Minor, Syria, Iran,[3] Spain,[a] Portugal,[4] Hungary, Romania, Greece[2] and southern Russia. It has recently been recorded from France[5] and Italy.[2]
The species was first described as a subspecies of Ethmia bipunctella,[2] with type locality Elburs, Iran.[3] It was later recognized as valid, separate species with a wider distribution.[2]
The host-plant or host-plants of this species are not yet known, but Boraginaceae is likely.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ a b c d e f g Sattler, Klaus (16 May 2018). "Ethmia iranella Zerny, 1940 – a Spanish enigma (Lepidoptera, Ethmiidae)" (PDF). Nota Lepidopterologica. 41 (1): 125–127. doi:10.3897/nl.41.24971.
- ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Ethmia". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Corley, M. F. V. (2015). Lepidoptera of Continental Portugal: A Fully Revised List. ISBN 9780993316005.
- ^ Guillaume LERAUT, "Ethmia iranella (Zerny, 1940) en France, une nouveauté remarquable" in L'Entomologiste, 2011