Ethmia acontias

Ethmia acontias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. acontias
Binomial name
	Ethmia acontias; Meyrick, 1906

Last updated May 09, 2021

Ethmia acontias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.^[2]

The wingspan is 17–21 mm (0.67–0.83 in). The forewings are pale whitish fuscous with blackish markings. There is a streak from the base of the costa to beneath the costa at two-fifths, brown towards its middle. There is an irregular streak along the fold from the base to near the middle, beyond the apex of which lies a dot surrounded with whitish. There is also a median longitudinal streak from before the middle to the termen beneath the apex, its posterior extremity bifurcate. There is a series of irregular dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous whitish, suffused with fuscous towards the apex.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia acontias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 23, 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (September 4, 2019). "Ethmia acontias Meyrick, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part II". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (2): 409–410. Retrieved 15 June 2020– via Internet Archive.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia acontias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 23, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (September 4, 2019). "Ethmia acontias Meyrick, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[3] Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part II". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (2): 409–410. Retrieved 15 June 2020– via Internet Archive.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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