Ethmia phylacis

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Ethmia phylacis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. phylacis
Binomial name
Ethmia phylacis
Walsingham, 1912
Synonyms
  • Ethmia ornataBusck, 1934

Ethmia phylacis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica and Cuba. The habitat consists of dry forests. [1]

The length of the forewings is 8.7–12 mm (0.34–0.47 in). The ground color of the forewings is white, the costal area on the basal one-fifth densely spotted with dark gray brown, blending to metallic green. The ground color of the hindwings is whitish basally (becoming brownish before the margins) and ocherous at the distal margins including the fringe. Adults of subspecies phylacis are on wing from April to May (in Yucatán), in June (in Chiapas), in July (in Veracruz) and from July to August (in Sonora and Sinaloa). Adults of subspecies ornata have been recorded in August. [2]

Subspecies

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<i>Ethmia janzeni</i> Species of moth

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<i>Ethmia duckworthi</i> Species of moth

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<i>Ethmia sandra</i> Species of moth

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<i>Ethmia nigritaenia</i> Species of moth

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<i>Ethmia transversella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Ethmia similatella</i> Species of moth

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References

  1. Phillips-Rodríguez, E; Powell, J; Hallwachs, W; Janzen, D (2014). "A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from Área de Conservación Guanacaste". ZooKeys. 461: 1–86. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.461.8377 . PMC   4283717 .
  2. 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 .