Ethmia turnerorum

Ethmia turnerorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. turnerorum
Binomial name
Ethmia turnerorum
Phillips, 2014

Ethmia turnerorum is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been recorded from both sides of the Cordillera Volcánica de Guanacaste at altitudes raning from 242 to 832 meters. The habitat consists of dry forests and rain forests.

Larva

The length of the forewings is 10.2–10.6 mm for males and 10.3–10.7 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is whitish with blackish markings and two distinct spots at the base. There is an oblique irregular dark blotch from before the middle below the costa connecting with an elongated dark mark from the middle to the termen. The hindwing ground colour is whitish, but darker at the margins.

The larvae feed on Cordia panamensis.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of J. D. and Nancy Turner for funding the BioLep building in the ACG Administration Área in Sector Santa Rosa.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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


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