Ethmia heptastica

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Ethmia heptastica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. heptastica
Binomial name
Ethmia heptastica
Walsingham, 1912
Synonyms
  • Ethmia heptasticta

Ethmia heptastica is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found along the west coast of Mexico, from Sonora and Sinaloa south to Cuernavaca and northern Guerrero.

The length of the forewings is 7.4–11 mm (0.29–0.43 in). The ground color of the forewings is divided by a longitudinal line along. The costal half is dark brown, the line forming two irregular, square spurs of dark from the cell into the pale dorsal area at the basal one-fourth and the middle. The ground color of the hindwings is uniform dark brown. Adults are on wing in June, July 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: 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 .