Biology:Ethmia acontias
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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. acontias
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia acontias Meyrick, 1906
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Ethmia acontias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India .[2]
The wingspan is 17–21 mm (0.67–0.83 in). The forewings are pale whitish fuscous with blackish markings. There is a streak from the base of the costa to beneath the costa at two-fifths, brown towards its middle. There is an irregular streak along the fold from the base to near the middle, beyond the apex of which lies a dot surrounded with whitish. There is also a median longitudinal streak from before the middle to the termen beneath the apex, its posterior extremity bifurcate. There is a series of irregular dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous whitish, suffused with fuscous towards the apex.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Ethmia acontias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=111803.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (September 4, 2019). "Ethmia acontias Meyrick, 1906". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/ethmiinae/ethmia/#acontias. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part II". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17 (2): 409–410. https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn17190607bomb#page/409/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13613231 entry
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