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Ethmia hammella

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Ethmia hammella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. hammella
Binomial name
Ethmia hammella
Busck, 1910

Ethmia hammella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and on Gorgona Island in Colombia.

The length of the forewings is 8–11.7 mm (0.31–0.46 in). The ground color of the forewings is pale yellowish white, indistinctly speckled and distinctly blotched with deep steel blue. The ground color of the hindwings is pale brown, but darker apically. The costal area is white. Adults are on wing in March, May, June, August, October and November.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 120: 1–302. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.120. hdl:10088/5390.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.