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Ethmia hiramella

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Ethmia hiramella
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E. hiramella
Binomial name
Ethmia hiramella
Busck, 1914

Ethmia hiramella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Cuba.

The length of the forewings is 11.9–12 mm (0.47–0.47 in). The ground color of the forewings is white or pale cream-white, with brownish black markings reflecting metallic greenish blue. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent white basally, becoming opaque ocherous on the distal half and brownish at the apex. Adults are on wing in April, June and October.[1]

References

  1. ^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020.