Ethmia hilarella

Ethmia hilarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. hilarella
Binomial name
	Ethmia hilarella; (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
	Azinis hilarella Walker, 1863; Theoxenia penicillata Walsingham, [1887];

Ethmia hilarella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka, southern India and Taiwan.^[2]

Adults are pale slate grey, the forewings with eighteen black whitish-bordered dots and with a row of small submarginal black dots. The hindwings are luteous, but black at the tips.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
^ Savela, Markku. "Ethmia hilarella (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
^ Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 257

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[1] Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Ethmia hilarella (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.

[3] Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 257

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