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''Ethmia pusiella'' is a moth of the family Ethmiidae, which is sometimes included in Elachistidae or Oecophoridae as a subfamily. It occurs throughout Europe and eastwards to the Tien Shan mountains of eastern Central Asia.〔See references in Savela (2003)〕 The wingspan is . The caterpillars feed on Common Gromwell (''Lithospermum officinale'') and ''Pulmonaria officinalis''. They have also been recorded to be myrmecophilous.〔Grabe (1942), and see references in Savela (2003)〕 ==Taxonomy and systematics== ''E. pusiella'' is the type species of the proposed genera ''Anesychia'' and ''Melanoleuca'', which are nowadays considered junior synonyms of ''Ethmia''. If considered separate from ''Ethmia'', the senior synonym ''Anesychia'' must be used.〔 Two subspecies are accepted nowadays:〔 * ''E. p. pusiella'' – western populations, east to Ural Mountains and Asia Minor * ''E. p. deletella'' – eastern populations, Central Asia and Tien Shan In earlier times, ''E. candidella'' and ''E. fumidella'' were considered varieties of ''E. pusiella''.〔 Junior synonyms of ''E. pusiella'' are:〔 * ''Ethmia deletella'' de Lattin, 1963 * ''Ethmia lithospermella'' (Hübner, 1789) * ''Ethmia scalacella'' (Kühn, 1777) * ''Phalaena (Tinea) pusiella'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Tinea lithospermella'' Hübner, 1789 * ''Tinea scalacella'' Kühn, 1777 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ethmia pusiella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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