Ethmia hunanensis

Ethmia hunanensis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by You-Qiao Liu in 1980. It is found in Hunan, China.

Ethmia hunanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. hunanensis
Binomial name
Ethmia hunanensis
Y.-Q. Liu, 1980

Adults resemble Ethmia maculata but can be distinguished by the number of black dots on the forewings. The number of dots is 15 in E. hunanensis, as opposed to 20 in E. maculata.[1]

References

  1. Liu, Youqiao (1980). "A study of Chinese Ethmia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae) in classification, distribution and numerical taxonomy" (PDF). Entomotaxonomia (in Chinese and English). 11 (4): 267–284.


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