Ethmia festiva

Ethmia festiva is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from south-eastern Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala to northern Colombia.

Ethmia festiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. festiva
Binomial name
Ethmia festiva
Busck, 1914
Synonyms
  • Ethmia xantholitha Meyrick, 1928

The length of the forewings is 8.3–10 mm (0.33–0.39 in). The ground color of the forewings is white with distinct brownish black lines which reflect bluish. The ground color of the hindwings is whitish, becoming brownish apically. Adults are on wing from late March to May (in Yucatán and Panama), in July (Oaxaca and Nicaragua) and in July and October (in Colombia).[1]

References

  1. 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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