Ethmia submissa

Ethmia submissa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. submissa
Binomial name
	Ethmia submissa; Busck, 1914

Ethmia submissa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. It has also been recorded from southern Florida in the United States.

The length of the forewings is 7–8.7 mm (0.28–0.34 in). It is similar in forewing pattern to Ethmia elutella, but has reduced gray clouding and the dorsal and terminal patches are dark purple rather than the bronzy or coppery purplish of E. elutella and Ethmia janzeni. The ground color of the hindwings is white, becoming pale brownish toward the margins. Adults are on wing in February and March (in Jamaica), in April, May and July (in Puerto Rico) and in November and December (in Cuba). There are multiple generations per year.^[2]

References

^ Moth Photographers Group. "420204.00 – 0994.2 Ethmia submissa Busck, 1914". Digital Guide to Moth Identification. Moth Photographers Group at the Mississippi Entomological Museum at the Mississippi State University. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 120: i–iv, 1–302. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.120. Retrieved 2023-04-20. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Moth Photographers Group. "420204.00 – 0994.2 Ethmia submissa Busck, 1914". Digital Guide to Moth Identification. Moth Photographers Group at the Mississippi Entomological Museum at the Mississippi State University. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[2] Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 120: i–iv, 1–302. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.120. Retrieved 2023-04-20. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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