Ethmia hiramella

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

Ethmia hiramella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Cuba.

The length of the forewings is 11.9–12 mm (0.47–0.47 in). The ground color of the forewings is white or pale cream-white, with brownish black markings reflecting metallic greenish blue. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent white basally, becoming opaque ocherous on the distal half and brownish at the apex. Adults are on wing in April, June and October.^[1]

References edit

^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020.^{[permanent dead link]} This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020.^{[permanent dead link]} This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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