Ethmia amasina

Ethmia amasina is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1880.[1] It is found in Asia Minor (Amasia), Syria, Iraq (Kurdistan) and Iran.[2]

Ethmia amasina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Ethmia
Species:
E. amasina
Binomial name
Ethmia amasina
(Staudinger, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Psecadia amasina Staudinger, 1880

The wingspan is 20–24 mm (0.79–0.94 in). The forewings are white with three black dots on the wing, two on the fold and one after the cell. There is also a row of eight to eleven marginal points. The hindwings are dull grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia amasina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
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  3. Staudinger, O. (1879). "Lepidoptera-Fauna Kleinasien's". Horae Societatis entomologicae rossicae (in German). Russkoe ėntomologicheskoe obshchestvo. 15: 292. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.


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