Ethmia burnsella

Ethmia burnsella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in the United States in northern Texas.

Ethmia burnsella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Ethmia
Species:
E. burnsella
Binomial name
Ethmia burnsella
Powell, 1973[1]

The length of the forewings is 10.2–11 mm (0.40–0.43 in). The ground color of the forewings is pale ocherous, although the costal area is pale gray-brown and distinctly paler than the brownish black spots of the dorsal half. The ground color of the hindwings is white basally, becoming pale ocherous distally and along the anal margin.[2]

References
  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Retrieved 12 June 2020.


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