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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. caradjae |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia caradjae (Rebel, 1907) | |
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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
- 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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- 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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