Ethmia caradjae

Ethmia caradjae is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1907.[1] It is found in Asia Minor (Taurus Mountains), Iraq, Kurdistan and south-western Iran.[2]

Ethmia caradjae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. caradjae
Binomial name
Ethmia caradjae
(Rebel, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Psecadia caradjae Rebel, 1907
  • Ethmia chosroes Wiltshire, 1947

The wingspan is about 24 mm (0.94 in). The forewings are glossy grey-brown with four black dots on the cell in two oblique parallel pairs. The hindwings are lightly scaled and transparent except near the termen, where the grey-brown scales are thicker.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia caradjae". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
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  3. Wiltshire, E. P. (November 1947). "Middle East Lepidoptera, VIII: Some More New Species and Forms from Iran". The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. LIX (11): 125. Retrieved 12 June 2020 via Internet Archive.


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