Ethmia papiella

Ethmia papiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. papiella
Binomial name
Ethmia papiella
Powell, 1973

Ethmia papiella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in the Sinaloan thorn forest on the west coast of Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 6.7โ€“8.7 mm (0.26โ€“0.34 in). The ground color of the forewings is gray, overlaid with whitish in varying intensity. There is a series of longitudinal black streaks. The ground color of the hindwings is whitish basally, becoming pale grayish distally. The costal area under the hair pencil is gray.[1]

References

  1. ^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 120: 1โ€“302. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.120. hdl:10088/5390. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.