Ethmia gigantea

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Ethmia gigantea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. gigantea
Binomial name
Ethmia gigantea
Busck, 1914

Ethmia gigantea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 14.6–17.5 millimetres (0.57–0.69 in). The ground color of the forewings is dark brownish black, nearly unicolorous on the costal half. The ground color of the hindwings is whitish, semitraslucent basally, becoming pale brownish on the apical half. Adults have been recorded in April, June and August. [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). Retrieved 12 June 2020.[ permanent dead link ]PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .