Ethmia quadrinotella explained

Ethmia quadrinotella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, north-western Karakoram, Bahrain, Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Cape Verde and northern Sudan.^[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Heliotropium undulatum.^[2]

Subspecies

• Ethmia quadrinotella quadrinotella (Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Iran)
• Ethmia quadrinotella quiquenotella Chrétien, 1915 (Cape Verde, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, northern Sudan, Arabia, Bahrain, south-western Iraq, southern Iran, Afghanistan, north-western Karakoram, Tunisia)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ethmia at funet . 2012-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103180218/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/oecophoridae/ethmiinae/ethmia/index.html . 2012-11-03 . dead .
2. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ETHMQUAD Afro Moths