Ethmia bipunctella
Ethmia bipunctella
Ethmia bipunctella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the grass leaf miner ( Elchistidae ).
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 19-28 millimeters. Seated Butterfly roll the wings around the body. The costal half of forewing is black, the other half of the wing, including the inner and outer edge is white. The course of the boundary line between black and white area is only slightly variable. The Black reached in the middle of the wing outer edge of the interior angles is white. A series of black lines running along the seam line. Seen from above, are located on both sides of the thorax three black dots.
Dissemination
Ethmia bipunctella is widespread in Europe and North America.
Biology
The caterpillars live in fine cocoons and feed on the flowers and leaves of the ordinary (Echium vulgare ), Common Hound's Tongue ( Cynoglossum officinale) and other types of Raublattgewächsen. These include species of the genera Anchusa, Cynoglossum, Echium, Lithospermum, Symphytum. The caterpillars pupate in dead stems or rotting wood. It makes two generations a year, flying from late April to late June and from August to September. The moths come to light.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Alucita bipunctella Fabricius, 1775
- Tinea echiella Denis & Schiffer Müller, 1775
- Tinea hochenwartiella Rossi, 1790