Biology:Ethmia nadia
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Short description: Species of moth
| Ethmia nadia | |
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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. nadia
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia nadia Clarke, 1950[1]
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Ethmia nadia is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in California .
The length of the forewings is 7.7–9.7 millimetres (0.30–0.38 in). The ground color of the forewings is dark gray, but paler distally. There are dark spots adjoining a longitudinal streak. Adults are on wing from March to May (in southern California) and from June to July (in Siskiyou County).[2]
The larvae feed on Phacelia ramosissima.
References
- ↑ "Ethmia nadia Clarke, 1950". Moth Photographers Group. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=974. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ↑ Powell, Jerry A. (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120): 1–302. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.120. http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/handle/10088/5390.
Wikidata ☰ Q13613299 entry
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