Ethmia geranella

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Ethmia geranella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. geranella
Binomial name
Ethmia geranella
Barnes & Busck, 1920 [1]

Ethmia geranella is a moth in the family Depressariidae first described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920. It is known only from the United States in the western edge of the Colorado Desert in California's San Diego County and the Ivanpah Mountains of the eastern Mojave Desert.

The length of the forewings is about 10.4 mm (0.41 in). The ground color of the forewings is whitish, more or less uniformly irrorated (speckled) with scattered brown scales. The ground color of the hindwings is uniform pale brownish. Adults have been recorded in October. [2]

The larvae probably feed on Phacelia species.

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References

  1. "420190.00 – 0983 – Ethmia geranella – Barnes & Busck, 1920". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  2. 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 .