Ethmia iphicrates

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

Ethmia iphicrates is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Kenya.[2]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are white with black markings: an irregular elongate spot along the basal fifth of the costa, an irregular transverse fasciate blotch from the dorsum at one-fourth, its apex reaching the extremity of this and a streak along the dorsum from this to three-fourth, with an irregular projection before the middle. There is a broad irregular converging fasciae from the costa before the middle and at four-fifths uniting below the middle and continued to the dorsum at two-thirds. There is a large dot beneath the costa beyond the middle, and sometimes a slender costal streak between these. There is also a transverse fasciate subterminal blotch confluent above with the preceding fascia, and also confluent with a triangular apical spot. There is a large pre-tornal dot, and a marginal series around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia iphicrates". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ Exot. Microlep. 2: 473


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