Biology:Ethmia spyrathodes

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Short description: Species of moth

Ethmia spyrathodes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. spyrathodes
Binomial name
Ethmia spyrathodes
Meyrick, 1922

Ethmia spyrathodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in São Tomé and Príncipe, off the western coast of Central Africa.[1]

The wingspan is about 35 mm (1.4 in). The forewings are ochreous white with black markings: three spots on the basal portion of the costa, the middle one transverse and reaching halfway across the wing, a narrow irregular fascia at one-fourth with the posterior edge acute prominent in the disc and a small round spot beneath the fold before the middle. There is an irregular oblique blotch from the costa before the middle connected in the disc with a moderate irregular fascia from four-fifths of the costa to near the dorsum at three-fourths, dilated on the costa and touching a round spot towards the termen above the middle. There is also a dot beneath the costa beyond the middle and a round spot above the tornus, as well as a marginal series of marks or dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled anteriorly, darker towards the termen.[2]

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Ethmia spyrathodes Meyrick, 1922". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ETHMSPYR. Retrieved September 10, 2020. 
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (18): 552. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q5404047 entry