Ethmia punctessa
Appearance
Ethmia punctessa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Ethmia |
Species: | E. punctessa
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Binomial name | |
Ethmia punctessa Powell, 1973
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Ethmia punctessa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in north-eastern Mexico.
The length of the forewings is 10.2–10.6 mm (0.40–0.42 in). The ground color of the forewings is white, with a few scattered brownish scales and a small brownish black spot at the end of the cell. The ground color of the hindwings is white basally, becoming pale brownish distally.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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