Ethmia confusella

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Ethmia confusella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. confusella
Binomial name
Ethmia confusella
(Walker, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hyponomeuta confusellusWalker, 1863
  • Cryptolechia strigosellaWalker, 1864
  • Psecadia strigosella
  • Psecadia ingricellaMoeschler, 1890
  • Ethmia ingricella

Ethmia confusella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from the Florida Keys and Bahamas, through the Greater Antilles to the Yucatan Peninsula, and through the Lesser Antilles to Trinidad.

The length of the forewings is 8–10.8 mm (0.31–0.43 in). The ground color of the forewings is whitish, usually mostly dusted by pale grayish. The markings are blackish or dark gray-brown. The ground color of the hindwings is white and semi translucent and brownish at the apex. Adults are on wing in July and December (in Jamaica), April and June (in Puerto Rico), July and October (the Virgin Islands), March, May and August (on Dominica). There are probably multiple generations per year. [2]

The larvae feed on Bourreria ovata .

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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 (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020.[ permanent dead link ]


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