Ethmia elutella

Ethmia elutella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from Panama to Venezuela and Trinidad.[1] There is also a record from Chile.

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

The length of the forewings is 6.3–8.3 mm (0.25–0.33 in). The ground color of the forewings is white, mostly obscured by grayish clouding or ill-defined blotches basally and through the costal half except along the costa on the distal one-third. The ground color of the hindwings is pale gray except under the costal hair pencil, where it is pale ocherous. Adults are on wing in February, March and May.[2]

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