Ethmia chalcodora

Ethmia chalcodora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. chalcodora
Binomial name
Ethmia chalcodora
Meyrick, 1912

Ethmia chalcodora is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in northern Argentina and Paraguay.

The length of the forewings is about 9.6 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white, with dark brown markings, reflecting metallic steel-blue. The ground color of the hindwings is white, but brown at the apex. Adults have been recorded in October.[1]

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