Ethmia pagiopa

Ethmia pagiopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. pagiopa
Binomial name
	Ethmia pagiopa; Meyrick, 1918

Last updated June 12, 2022

Ethmia pagiopa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.^[1] It is found in Afghanistan and Kashmir.^[2]

The wingspan is about 26 mm (1.0 in). The forewings are dark fuscous, with the costal edge whitish except towards the base and with a broad ochreous-white dorsal band occupying two-fifths of the wing throughout. The edge is straight but excavated by small oval blackish spots in the middle and at four-fifths, the second preceded by a small white prominence surmounted by a black dot, and marked with a small round black spot within the margin at one-fourth. There is a row of large irregular black dots along the termen and apical part of the costa. The hindwings are light grey, but whitish ochreous along the dorsum.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia pagiopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 24, 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (September 4, 2019). "Ethmia pagiopa Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (6): 189. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia pagiopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 24, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (September 4, 2019). "Ethmia pagiopa Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (6): 189. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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