Ethmia pullata

Ethmia pullata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. pullata
Binomial name
Ethmia pullata
Meyrick, 1910

Ethmia pullata is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found on the Solomon Islands.[2]

The wingspan is 30–34 mm. Adults are similar Ethmia praeclara, but the forewings are shorter and broader and there are ten more quadrate marginal dots. The hindwings have a much larger apical patch which is extended on the termen as a narrow streak to the middle.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia pullata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. Ethmia at funet
  3. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 461


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