Ethmia lapidella

Ethmia lapidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. lapidella
Binomial name
Ethmia lapidella
(Walsingham, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Hyponomeuta lapidellus Walsingham, 1880
  • Psecadia decempunctella Matsumura, 1931

Ethmia lapidella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in India, Japan, China and Taiwan.

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are overlaid with black spots on a grey background. There are ten spots and one small group of black scales. The hindwings are bright grey, but the marginal area is somewhat darker.[1] There are two generations per year with adults on wing from March to May and from September to October.

The larvae feed on Ehretia resinosa.

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