Biology:Ethmia coronata

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Short description: Species of moth

Ethmia coronata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. coronata
Binomial name
Ethmia coronata
Walsingham, 1912
Synonyms
  • Ethmia abdominella Busck, 1912

Ethmia coronata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in south-central Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 12.7–13.7 mm (0.50–0.54 in). The ground color of the forewings is dark gray, narrowly edged with white dorsally. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent, white and reflecting purplish, becoming brownish in the apical area. Adults are on wing in June, September and October.[1]

References

  1. Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/handle/10088/5390. Retrieved 12 June 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5403796 entry