Ethmia ampanella

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Ethmia ampanella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. ampanella
Binomial name
Ethmia ampanella
Viette, 1976 [1]

Ethmia ampanella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found on the Comoros. [2]

Appearance

The male moth has approximately a two centimeter wingspan. The wings are beige with black spots, with a second set of yellow wings under the first.

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Ethmia derbendella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Sattler in 1967. It is found in Iran.

Ethmia similis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Sattler in 1967. It is found in Asia Minor.

Ethmia caradjae is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1907. It is found in Asia Minor, Iraq, Kurdistan and south-western Iran.

Ethmia pseudoscythrella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Rebel in 1902. It is found in Asia Minor.

Ethmia mongolica is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1901. It is found in Mongolia, Tibet and China.

Ethmia amasina is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1880. It is found in Asia Minor (Amasia), Syria, Iraq (Kurdistan) and Iran.

Ethmia infelix is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Turkey (Mardin) and northern Iraq (Kurdistan).

Ethmia wursteri is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956. It is found in Jordan.

Ethmia termenalbata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Capuse in 1981. It is found in Cuba.

Ethmia cyrenaicella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1955. It is found in Libya.

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia ampanella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 3, 2018.