Ethmia quadrillella

Ethmia quadrillella is a moth belonging to the family Depressariidae, subfamily Ethmiinae.

Subspecies
Three subspecies have been described:
 * Ethmia quadrillella quadrillela – northern populations
 * Ethmia quadrillella canuisella (Millière, 1867) – southwestern populations (southern France, Italy)
 * Ethmia quadrillella luctuosella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) – Asia Minor

Distribution
This species can be found in Eurasia.

Habitat
This species mainly inhabits unmanaged meadows, hedge rows and rough grasslands.

Description
The wingspan of the moth ranges from 15 –. The basic color of wings is white, with large black markings.

Biology
The flight time ranges from May to mid September in one or two generations. The host plants are comfrey (genus Symphytum), forget-me-not (genus Myosotis) and lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis). Larvae overwinter in a cocoon amongst leaf litter.