Ethmia

Ethmia
	Adult E. bipunctella at Hellerup (Denmark)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Subfamily:	Ethmiinae
Genus:	Ethmia; Hübner, [1819]
Type species
	Phalaena pyrausta; Pallas, 1771
Species
	Numerous, see text
Synonyms
	; Aedia Duponchel, 1836 (non Hübner, [1823]: preoccupied); Anesychia Hübner, [1825]; Azinis Walker, 1863; Babaiaxa Busck, 1902; Ceratophysetis Meyrick, 1887; Chalybe Duponchel, 1836; Dasyethmia Danilevsky, 1969; Disthymia (lapsus); Disthymnia Hübner, [1825]; Ehtima (lapsus); Melanoleuca Stephens, 1829; Psecadia Hübner, [1825]; Tamarrha Walker, 1864; Theoxenia Walsingham, 1887; Wiltshireia Amsel, 1949 (non Buckman, 1904: preoccupied)

Ethmia is a large genus of small moths. It is the type genus of the gelechioid family Ethmiidae, which is sometimes included in Elachistidae or Oecophoridae as subfamily.

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