Ethmia nobilis

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Ethmia nobilis
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E. nobilis
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Ethmia nobilis
Diakonoff, [1968]

Ethmia nobilis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1968. [1] It is found on Luzon in the Philippines. [2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm (0.98 in). The forewings are glossy, light slate grey with a faint purplish hue. The markings are black, faintly edged with whitish. There are also three elongate plical dots, becoming larger posteriorly. There is also a larger oval spot in the cell in the middle of the wing and three subapical dots, as well as a row of eleven marginal dots. The hindwings are glossy light grey fuscous, the basal fourth as far as the lower edge of the cell whitish. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia nobilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018. Note: This source gives 1967 as the year of description.
  2. Ethmia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 258: 258