Ethmia ermineella

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Ethmia ermineella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. ermineella
Binomial name
Ethmia ermineella
(Walsingham, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Psecadia ermineellaWalsingham, 1880
  • Ethmia euarithmaMeyrick, 1924

Ethmia ermineella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1880. [1] It is found in Tibet, Nepal (Tampa Khosi Tal), northern India (Punjab), Burma, northern Vietnam and western China (Yunnan, Sichuan). [2]

The wingspan is about 23 mm (0.91 in). The forewings are grey-whitish with thirteen roundish or elongate black spots: one small near the base in the middle, two oblique from the costa at the base and one-sixth, one on the fold at one-fourth and the others forming three angulated transverse series of three spots each, the middle one of the second series most elongate. There are eleven large black marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey, tinged with whitish anteriorly. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ethmia ermineella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ Ethmia at funet
  3. ↑ Exot. Microlep. 3: 120 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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