Ethmia pyrausta

Ethmia pyrausta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. pyrausta
Binomial name
Ethmia pyrausta
(Pallas, 1771)
Synonyms

Crambus niger (lapsus)
Chalybe pyraustella (lapsus)
Ethmia atropunctella (Thunberg, 1788)
Ethmia nigrella (Fabricius, 1775)
Phalaena pyrausta Pallas, 1771
Tinea atropunctella Thunberg, 1788
Tinea nigrella Fabricius, 1775

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Ethmia Pyrausta". UKMoths. 2021-08-31.