Ethmia hunanensis
Ethmia hunanensis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Liu in 1980.[1] It is found in China (Hunan).
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Adults resemble Ethmia maculata, but can be distinguished by the number of black dots on the forewings. The number of dots is 15 in hunanensis, as opposed to 20 in maculata.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- Liu, Y.Q., 1980: A study of Chinese Ethmia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae) in classification, distribution and numerical taxonomy. Entomotaxonomia 11 (4): 267-284.
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