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Ethmia clarkei

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Ethmia clarkei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. clarkei
Binomial name
Ethmia clarkei
Powell, 1973[1]

Ethmia clarkei is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Mexico, where it was described from the Isla de Mujeres off the coast of Quintana Roo.

The length of the forewings is 8–8.1 mm (0.31–0.32 in). The ground color of the forewings is shining white. The costa is dark brown at the base, while the remainder of the wing is checkered with isolated, metallic blue spots of varying sizes and shapes, more concentrated near the base and in the dorsal area. The ground color of the hindwings is white, tinged with ochreous in the costal area. The apical area is irregularly brownish.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ethmia at funet
  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.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.