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Ethmia phylacops

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

Ethmia phylacops is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 8.3–9.9 mm (0.33–0.39 in). The ground color of the forewings is white, the costal half from the base to the end of the cell heavily clouded with pale grayish brown, followed by two separated spots of the same color in the terminal area. The ground color of the hindwings is white, becoming pale ocherous at the apical margin.[1]

References

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