Ethmia deconfiturella

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Ethmia deconfiturella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. deconfiturella
Binomial name
Ethmia deconfiturella
Viette, 1963 [1]

Ethmia deconfiturella is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in northern Madagascar.

This species has a wingspan of 28–30 mm (1.1–1.2 in). Antennae are dark grey, the forewings are mouse-grey with six black spots By its forewings it remembers Ethmia pylonotella (Viette, 1956) that is smaller in size. [2]

The types provided from the Montagne d'Ambre in northern Madagascar (Diana), 01–06.xii.1958

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References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Viette P. 1963b. Descriptions de quelques nouveaux Microlépidoptères de Madagascar et des Comores. - Lambillionea 62(3–6):23–30