Ethmia cupreonivella

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Ethmia cupreonivella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. cupreonivella
Binomial name
Ethmia cupreonivella
(Walsingham, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Psecadia cupreonivellaWalsingham, 1880

Ethmia cupreonivella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil.

The length of the forewings is about 13.2 mm (0.52 in). The ground color of the forewings is glossy cupreous violet with large shining snow-white spots and blotches. The ground color of the hindwings is pale grayish brown, rather whitish, not quite transparent towards the base. [1]

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References

  1. Powell, Jerry (1973). "A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 120: 1–302. doi: 10.5479/si.00810282.120 . hdl:10088/5390.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .