Ethmia sandra is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from Mexico to El Salvador and Costa Rica.[1]

Ethmia sandra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. sandra
Binomial name
Ethmia sandra
Powell, 1973

The length of the forewings is 10–12.7 mm (0.39–0.50 in). The ground color of the forewings is uniform pale gray, at times with an irregular, whitish clouding around markings. These markings are black, longitudinally elongate spots. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent whitish, becoming brown at the margins beyond the middle and in the apical area.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Phillips-Rodríguez, E; Powell, J; Hallwachs, W; Janzen, D (2014). "A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from Área de Conservación Guanacaste". ZooKeys (461): 1–86. doi:10.3897/zookeys.461.8377. PMC 4283717.
  2. ^ 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.