Ethmia hamaxastra

Ethmia hamaxastra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. hamaxastra
Binomial name
Ethmia hamaxastra
Meyrick, 1930[1]

Ethmia hamaxastra is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-grey with seven small round dark fuscous or blackish spots ringed with white: two subcostal and median near the base, one towards the costa at one-fourth, one on the fold before this, and three representing the stigmata, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a marginal series of ten small irregular dark fuscous spots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale whitish-yellowish, with the apical fourth suffused with pale grey.[2]

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