Ethmia duplicata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Ethmia duplicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. duplicata
Binomial name
Ethmia duplicata
Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 30–32 mm (1.2–1.3 in). Adults are very similar to Ethmia hilarella, but can be distinguished by the absence of dorsal spots on the two basal segments of the abdomen, and the reduced or absent spots on the third segment. The hindwings in both sexes are as the hindwings of the female of E. hilarella, but with the apical patch wider and much more convex anteriorly, less produced beneath and not reaching the middle of the termen and the grey apical patch in the cilia is also reduced and does not reach the middle of the termen.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia duplicata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (September 4, 2019). "Ethmia duplicata Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part XVIII". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 23 (1): 130. Retrieved 15 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.