Ethmia acontias

Ethmia acontias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Depressariidae
Genus:Ethmia
Species: E. acontias
Binomial name
Ethmia acontias
Meyrick, 1906

Ethmia acontias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.[2]

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-fuscous with blackish markings. There is a streak from the base of the costa to beneath the costa at two-fifths, brown towards its middle. There is an irregular streak along the fold from the base to near the middle, beyond the apex of which lies a dot surrounded with whitish. There is also a median longitudinal streak from before the middle to the termen beneath the apex, its posterior extremity bifurcate. There is a series of irregular dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous-whitish, suffused with fuscous towards the apex.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia acontias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ Ethmia at funet
  3. ↑ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (2): 409


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