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Ethmia brevistriga

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Ethmia brevistriga
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E. brevistriga
Binomial name
Ethmia brevistriga
Clarke, 1950[1]

Ethmia brevistriga is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is in California, United States.

The length of the forewings is 4.7–6.4 mm (0.19–0.25 in). The ground color of the forewings is dark brown; with a distinct white line. The ground color of the hindwings is dark brown, but the costal area is paler. Subspecies aridicola has a darker ground color owing to a reduction of the whitish overscaling, especially on the costal half. Adults are on wing from March to mid-May.[2]

The larvae feed on Phacelia distans. Subspecies aridicola only feeds on Phacelia distans var. australis.

Subspecies

  • Ethmia brevistriga brevistriga (along the immediate coastal strand in central California)
  • Ethmia brevistriga aridicola Powell, 1973 (inland California)

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Retrieved 12 June 2020.