Ethmia perpulchra
| Ethmia perpulchra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. perpulchra |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia perpulchra Walsingham, 1912 | |
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Ethmia perpulchra is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from Veracruz in Mexico to Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica.[1]
The length of the forewings is 8.2-11.7 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white. The ground color of the hindwings is shining translucent white, becoming pale brownish apically. Adults are on wing from February to May.[2]
References
- ↑ A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from Área de Conservación Guanacaste
- ↑ A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
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