Ethmia abraxasella

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Ethmia abraxasella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. abraxasella
Binomial name
Ethmia abraxasella
(Walker, 1864) [1]
Synonyms
  • Psecadia abraxasellaWalker, 1864
  • Psecadia aureoapicellaMoeschler, 1890
  • Ethmia clarissaBusck, 1914

Ethmia abraxasella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Bahamas. It has also been recorded from southern Florida in the United States.

The length of the forewings is 7.1–8.8 mm (0.28–0.35 in). The ground color of the forewings is white. The costa is brownish gray from the base to just before the apex. The ground color of the hindwings is white, becoming brownish apically. Adults of subspecies abraxasella are on wing in February, from May to July and in October. Adults of subspecies clarissa are on wing in June, October and December (in Cuba) and in July (on the Bahamas). [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Retrieved 12 June 2020.[ permanent dead link ]PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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