Ethmia lassenella

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Ethmia lassenella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. lassenella
Binomial name
Ethmia lassenella
Busck, 1908 [1]

Ethmia lassenella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in the United States in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah.

The length of the forewings is 7.8–8.3 mm (0.31–0.33 in). The ground color of the forewings is steel gray including the fringe. There are two bright red-orange spots and five smaller black spots. The ground color of the hindwings is white with a broad black, moderately well defined marginal band. Adults are on wing from mid-March to mid-April. [2]

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References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Retrieved 12 June 2020.[ permanent dead link ]PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .