Ethmia hunanensis

Ethmia hunanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. hunanensis
Binomial name
Ethmia hunanensis
Liu, 1980

Ethmia hunanensis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Liu in 1980.[1] It is found in China (Hunan).

Adults resemble Ethmia maculata, but can be distinguished by the number of black dots on the forewings. The number of dots is 15 in hunanensis, as opposed to 20 in maculata.[2]

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Liu, Y.Q., 1980: A study of Chinese Ethmia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae) in classification, distribution and numerical taxonomy. Entomotaxonomia 11 (4): 267-284. Full article: .
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