Ethmia lapidella

Ethmia lapidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. lapidella
Binomial name
	Ethmia lapidella; (Walsingham, 1880)
Synonyms
	Hyponomeuta lapidellus Walsingham, 1880; Psecadia decempunctella Matsumura, 1931;

Ethmia lapidella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in India, Japan, China and Taiwan.

The wingspan is 19–21 mm (0.75–0.83 in). The forewings are overlaid with black spots on a grey background. There are ten spots and one small group of black scales. The hindwings are bright grey, but the marginal area is somewhat darker.^[1] There are two generations per year with adults on wing from March to May and from September to October.

The larvae feed on Ehretia resinosa.

References

^ "Biota Taiwanica". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2011-11-23.

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[1] "Biota Taiwanica". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2011-11-23.

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