Ethmia acontias
| Ethmia acontias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. acontias |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia acontias Meyrick, 1906 | |
Ethmia acontias is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.[2]
The wingspan is 17-21 mm. 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]