Ethmia duckworthi
| Ethmia duckworthi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. duckworthi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia duckworthi Powell, 1973 | |
Ethmia duckworthi is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in Panama and Costa Rica.[1]
The length of the forewings is 11.9-13.4 mm. The ground color of the forewings is whitish, more or less uniformly covered by irregular, mostly ill-defined, dark brownish gray longitudinal streaks and spots. The ground color of the hindwings is semi-translucent whitish basally, becoming dark brown at the apical area and along the dorsal margin.[2]
References
- ↑ A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from Área de Conservación Guanacaste
- ↑ A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
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