Ethmia bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775)
bordered ermel
on Echium, etc.
parasite
Larvae in a slight web between the leaves and in the inflorescence.
host plants
Boraginaceae, oligophagous
Echium gaditanum, plantagineum, parviflorum, vulgare; Lithospermum officinale; Onosma pseudoarenaria.
Also mentioned in the literature from Anchusa; Cynoglossum officinale; Symphytum. Because no recent field observations on these plants seem to exist, these relationships are doubted on Lepiforum; also Friese has its reservations.
phenology
Bivoltine; hibernation as pupa.
distribution within Europe
larva
Pictures on Lepiforum; see also Fetz.
pupa
See also Patočka, Patočka & Turčáni.
synonyms
Psecadia bipunctella.
references
Baldizzone (2004a), Baldizzone & scalercio (2018a), Benander (1937a), Bentley (2008a), Bryner & Sonderegger (2016a), Budashkin & Savchuk (2010a), Emmet & Langmaid (2002b), Fazekas (2009a), Fernández Vidal (2018a), Fetz (1994a), Friese (1973a), Hellers (1998a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Lepiforum (2019), Parsons (1995a), Patocka (1997a),Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Pérez De-Gregorio (2003a), Sterling (1989a), Thomann (1956a), Wapshere (1980a), Wapshere & Cullen (1984a).