Ethmia lineatonotella (Moore, [1868]) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Ethmia Hübner, [1819] species known from India.

Ethmia anatiformis (Kun, 2001). Nepal.

Ethmia assamensis (Butler, 1879). Pakistan; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Bhutan; India.

Ethmia pagiopa (Meyrick, 1918). India: Kashmir.

Ethmia crocosoma (Meyrick, 1914). Nepal; India.

Ethmia szabokyi (Kun, 2001). Nepal; India.

Ethmia albifrontella (Sattler, 1967). Pakistan.

Ethmia ermineella (Walsingham, 1880). Nepal; India: Punjab, Northern India.

Ethmia lapidella (Walsingham, 1880). India.

Ethmia octanoma (Meyrick, 1914). India.

Ethmia lineatonotella (Moore, 1867). Myanmar; India.

Ethmia trifida (Kun, 2004). Myanmar.

Ethmia nigroapicella (kou leafworm) (Saalmüller, 1880). Myanmar; India: Assam.

Ethmia vittalbella (Christoph, 1877). India.

Ethmia acontias (Meyrick, 1906). Sri Lanka; India: Southern India.

Ethmia duplicata[verification needed] (Meyrick 1914). Sri Lanka.

Ethmia hilarella (Walker, 1863). Sri Lanka; India: Southern India.

Ethmia trifida Kun, 2004 is found in India and has three striae on the forewing. Similar species, Ethmia lineatonotella (Moore, [1868]) has four striae.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh42
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total512
  1. Hyponomeuta lineatonotella Moore, [1868]. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867669; TL: West Bengal, Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo1867zool#page/669/mode/1up
  2. Kun, A., 2004. A Review of the Ethmia lineatonotella species group, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera, Ethmiidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 50(4), pp.337-351.
  3. Irungbam, J.S. and Irungbam, M.J., 2019. First record of the micromoth Ethmia lineatonotella (Moore, 1867)(Lepidoptera: Depressariidae: Ethmiinae) from Bhutan. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(14), pp.14899-14901.
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244204-Ethmia-lineatonotella
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=450967

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ethmia lineatonotella (Moore, [1868]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ethmia-lineatonotella, accessed 2024/03/28.