Biology:Ethmia hamaxastra
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Short description: Species of moth
| Ethmia hamaxastra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. hamaxastra
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia hamaxastra Meyrick, 1930[1]
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Ethmia hamaxastra is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in South Africa .
The wingspan is about 28 mm (1.1 in). The forewings are pale whitish-grey with seven small round dark fuscous or blackish spots ringed with white: two subcostal and median near the base, one towards the costa at one-fourth, one on the fold before this, and three representing the stigmata, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a marginal series of ten small irregular dark fuscous spots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale whitish-yellowish, with the apical fourth suffused with pale grey.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5403858 entry
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