Ethmia monachella

Ethmia monachella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is in Colorado and Oklahoma in the United States.[2]

Ethmia monachella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. monachella
Binomial name
Ethmia monachella
Busck, 1910[1]

The length of the forewings is about 11 mm (0.43 in). The ground color of the forewings is pale slate gray with a broad, black, evenly and distinctly margined band from the base to the apex. The ground color of the hindwings is blackish.[3]

References

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


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