Ethmia pyrausta
| Ethmia pyrausta | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. pyrausta
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia pyrausta (Pallas, 1771)
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| Synonyms | |
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Crambus niger (lapsus ) | |
Ethmia pyrausta is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in northern Scandinavia and adjacent Russia, as well as in China and Mongolia.[1] The species is sometimes referred to as being "mythical", because it is so rarely encountered outside its remote native range. It is scarce resident in the UK[2] and also found occasionally in other areas in Northern Europe.[1]
Description and ecology
[edit ]It has black wings and a "hairy" orange body with a wingspan of 17–23 mm (0.67–0.91 in).
Larva live in a thin silky spin between the leaves and flowers of Thalictrum aquilegiifolium , Thalictrum simplex and Thalictrum flavum . There is evidence of breeding in the UK, with larvae found in Easter Ross in 2014.[3]
Sightings in the UK
[edit ]They were first recorded in the Shin Valley in 1853. Two were found in 1996 on the top of Glas Maol in the Grampians with a further two found nearby.
In June 2008 an adult Ethmia pyrausta moth was discovered in Easter Ross, by Andy Scott and Margaret Currie after finding it trapped in a spider web.[4]
It has since been found in numbers in Easter Ross, with 15 sightings in early 2015.[5]
Gallery
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Mounted Adults
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Larva
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Nupponen, K. (March 2015). "Interesting records of Ethmiinae from the former USSR, with description of Ethmia ustyurtensis Nupponen, sp. n. from Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Elachistidae)". SHILAP Revta Lepid. 43 (169): 128. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Ethmia Pyrausta". UKMoths. 2021年08月31日.
- ^ Ethmia pyrausta (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae)
- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | 'Mythical' moth rescued from web
- ^ "Rare Moth Found in Scottish Highlands". Butterfly Conservation.