Ethmia howdeni

Ethmia howdeni is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is native to Mexico and Central America.

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

The length of the forewings is 8.6–11.4 mm (0.34–0.45 in). The ground color of the forewings is off-white, irregularly and indistinctly blotched with pale gray to almost entirely pale grayish. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent off-white basally, becoming pale brownish in the apical area and along the hind margin.[1]

References

  1. Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020.


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