Ethmia gelidella

Ethmia gelidella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Jamaica.

Ethmia gelidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Ethmia
Species:
E. gelidella
Binomial name
Ethmia gelidella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Tamarrha gelidella Walker, 1864
  • Psecadia gelidella

The length of the forewings is 8.3–9.7 mm (0.33–0.38 in). The ground color of the forewings is white. The ground color of the hindwings is dark basally on the costal half, blue-gray in the cell and gray-brown at the costa above it. Adults are on wing in March, May and July.[1]

References
  1. Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020.


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