Ethmiidae : Ethmiinae
Ethmia dodecea
ETHMIA dodecea (Haworth, 1828)
Ethmia dodecea
ETHMIA dodecea (Haworth, 1828)
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Dotted Ermel
Wingspan: 17-21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Ukraine) : N Iran : Asia Minor
UK Distribution: A very local species in southern England
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland Rides : Wooded Fenland : Coastal Grassland : Scrub
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon among detritus
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth is easily recognisable with approximately ten different sized black spots on each wing,the largest separating this moth from other "Ethmia" species as well as the "Yponomeutra" "Ermine" species,especially the large Thistle Ermine M. circumvoluta
The moth is found resting on the host plant during the day and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 17-21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Ukraine) : N Iran : Asia Minor
UK Distribution: A very local species in southern England
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Erminia dodecea (Haworth, 1828)
- Ethmia pyrausta Pallas, sensu Hübner, 1825.
- England
Habitat: Woodland Rides : Wooded Fenland : Coastal Grassland : Scrub
Similar Species -
- Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta) (Fourcroy, 1785)
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon among detritus
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth is easily recognisable with approximately ten different sized black spots on each wing,the largest separating this moth from other "Ethmia" species as well as the "Yponomeutra" "Ermine" species,especially the large Thistle Ermine M. circumvoluta
The moth is found resting on the host plant during the day and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Boraginaceae - Borage - Forget-me-not Family
- Lithospermum officinale - Gromwell, European stoneseed
- Lithospermum officinale - Gromwell, European stoneseed
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Ethmiidae Ethmiinae ETHMIA Hübner 1819 Ethmia dodecea (Haworth, 1828) - Ethmia pyrausta Pallas, sensu Hübner, 1825 - ERMINIA dodecea (Haworth, 1828) = Tinea decemguttella Hübner, [1810] = Melanoleuca dodocea Wood, 1839 = Melanoleuca dodecca Wood, 1839 = Psecadia dezemguttella Müller-Rutz, 1922 - Lepidoptera Britannica (4): Title Page : p.514 - n.6 - England |