Ethmia oterosella

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Ethmia oterosella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. oterosella
Binomial name
Ethmia oterosella
Busck, 1934
Synonyms
  • Ethmia oterostella

Ethmia oterosella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Cuba.

The length of the forewings is 6.7 to 8 mm (0.26 to 0.31 in). The ground color of the forewings is divided by a line. The dorsal half is whitish and the costal half blackish along the line, blending to brown through the cell and to whitish at the costa. The terminal area is mostly whitish brown. The ground color of the hindwings is whitish, becoming pale brownish distally. [1]

The larvae possibly feed on Stegnospermum halimifolia or Trichostigma octandrum .

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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 .