Ethmia hilarella

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Ethmia hilarella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. hilarella
Binomial name
Ethmia hilarella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Azinis hilarellaWalker, 1863
  • Theoxenia penicillataWalsingham, [1887]

Ethmia hilarella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka, southern India and Taiwan. [2]

Adults are pale slate grey, the forewings with eighteen black whitish-bordered dots and with a row of small submarginal black dots. The hindwings are luteous, but black at the tips. [3]

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Ethmia sattleri is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Andras Kun in 2007. It is found in southern Iran.

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Ethmia nobilis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1968. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.

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References

  1. Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Ethmia hilarella (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 257 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .