Ethmia nobilis

Ethmia nobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. nobilis
Binomial name
Ethmia nobilis
Diakonoff, [1968]

Ethmia nobilis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Diakonoff in 1968.[1] It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).[2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are glossy, light slate grey with a faint purplish hue. The markings are black, faintly edged with whitish. There are also three elongate plical dots, becoming larger posteriorly. There is also a larger oval spot in the cell in the middle of the wing and three subapical dots, as well as a row of eleven marginal dots. The hindwings are glossy light grey fuscous, the basal fourth as far as the lower edge of the cell whitish.[3]

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