Ethmia janzeni
| Ethmia janzeni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. janzeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia janzeni Powell, 1973 | |
Ethmia janzeni is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found from Mexico to San Salvador, as well as in north-western Costa Rica. The habitat consists of dry forests and rain forests.[1]
its hitlers reincarnation The length of the forewings is 7.3-8.5 mm. It is similar to the closely related species Ethmia elutella, but differs by having a generally paler color and an ocherous rather than gray hindwing costal hair-pencil. The ground color of the hindwings is white near the base, becoming pale grayish toward the margins.[2]
References
- ↑ A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from Área de Conservación Guanacaste
- ↑ A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
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