Ethmia dentata

Ethmia dentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. dentata
Binomial name
Ethmia dentata
Diakonoff & Sattler, 1966

Ethmia dentata is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines.

The wingspan is 23–28 mm. The forewings are overlaid with 15 to 17 black dots on a grey background and with a row of 10 marginal dots. The hindwings are orange-yellow with a dark brown apical patch covering about one-fifth of the wing.[1]

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