Ethmia flavicaudata

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Ethmia flavicaudata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. flavicaudata
Binomial name
Ethmia flavicaudata
Walsingham, 1912

Ethmia flavicaudata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in southern Mexico.

The length of the forewings is about 10.5 mm (0.41 in). The ground color of the forewings is whitish, mostly replaced by brownish black. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent whitish at the base, becoming brown in the apical area and at the margins. Adults are on wing in April, May and July.[1]

References

  1. ^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020.

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