Ethmia sattleri

Ethmia sattleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. sattleri
Binomial name
Ethmia sattleri
Kun, 2007

Ethmia sattleri is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Kun in 2007.[1] It is found in southern Iran.[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale brown with a brown pattern on the middle of the longitudinal axis and one brown dot at the distal part of the cell. The hindwings are bright brown.

Etymology

The species is named for Dr Klaus Sattler, the author of the Ethmiidae volume of the Microlepidoptera Palaearctica series.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Ethmia at funet
  3. Studies on Palaearctic Ethmia Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)


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