Ethmia cyanea

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

Ethmia cyanea is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in northern Veracruz in Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 8–9 mm. The ground color of the forewings is unicolorous, dark, shining greenish blue. The ground color of the hindwings (including fringe) is dark purple. Adults have been recorded in April and June.[1]

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