Ethmia hunanensis

Ethmia hunanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. hunanensis
Binomial name
	Ethmia hunanensis; Liu, 1980

Ethmia hunanensis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Liu in 1980.^[1] It is found in China (Hunan).

Adults resemble Ethmia maculata, but can be distinguished by the number of black dots on the forewings. The number of dots is 15 in hunanensis, as opposed to 20 in maculata.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.^{[failed verification]}
^ Liu, Y.Q., 1980: A study of Chinese Ethmia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae) in classification, distribution and numerical taxonomy. Entomotaxonomia 11 (4): 267-284.

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

[2] Liu, Y.Q., 1980: A study of Chinese Ethmia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae) in classification, distribution and numerical taxonomy. Entomotaxonomia 11 (4): 267-284.

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