Ethmia prattiella

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Ethmia prattiella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. prattiella
Binomial name
Ethmia prattiella
Busck, 1915 [1]

Ethmia prattiella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in southern North America from west-central Texas to eastern central Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 8.4–8.7 mm (0.33–0.34 in). The ground color of the forewings is white, with markings consisting of small black dots. The ground color of the hindwings is uniform pale brown. Adults are on wing in January (in central Mexico), in April (in Texas) and in July (in northern Mexico). [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. 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 .