Ethmia coronata
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Ethmia |
Species: | E. coronata
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Binomial name | |
Ethmia coronata Walsingham, 1912
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Ethmia coronata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in south-central Mexico.
The length of the forewings is 12.7–13.7 mm (0.50–0.54 in). The ground color of the forewings is dark gray, narrowly edged with white dorsally. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent, white and reflecting purplish, becoming brownish in the apical area. Adults are on wing in June, September and October.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 120: 1–302. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.120. hdl:10088/5390. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.