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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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
- Hyponomeuta lineatonotella Moore, [1868]. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 669; TL: West Bengal, Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo1867zool#page/669/mode/1up
- 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.
- 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.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244204-Ethmia-lineatonotella
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=450967
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ethmia lineatonotella (Moore, [1868]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/ethmia-lineatonotella, accessed 2025/11/04.

















