Ethmia lassenella

Ethmia lassenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. lassenella
Binomial name
Ethmia lassenella
Busck, 1908[1]

Ethmia lassenella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in the United States in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah.

The length of the forewings is 7.8-8.3 mm. The ground color of the forewings is steel gray including the fringe. There are two bright red-orange spots and five smaller black spots. The ground color of the hindwings is white with a broad black, moderately well defined marginal band. Adults are on wing from mid-March to mid-April.[2]

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