Ethirostoma interpolata

Ethirostoma interpolata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil and Peru.[1]

Ethirostoma interpolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ethirostoma
Species:
E. interpolata
Binomial name
Ethirostoma interpolata
Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are brownish fuscous, the tips of the scales minutely whitish, forming a very fine transverse striation. There are dark fuscous dots towards the costa near the base and at one-fifth and one-third, and two above and below the fold at one-fourth. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a gradually expanded streak of dark fuscous suffusion along the costa from one-third to the subterminal line, cut by an oblique white strigula from the middle of the costa. There is also a nearly straight whitish line from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, hardly angulated in the middle, beyond the angle a short black dash, sometimes a second more minute indicated beneath it. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 12, 2015). "Ethirostoma interpolata Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 71. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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