Ethmia macelhosiella

Ethmia macelhosiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. macelhosiella
Binomial name
Ethmia macelhosiella
Busck, 1907[1]

Ethmia macelhosiella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in the United States, including Missouri, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma.

The length of the forewings is 10.7-12.7 mm. The ground color of the forewings is whitish, sparsely to densely irrorated (speckled) with pale brownish. The ground color of the hindwings is pale brownish or dirty whitish. Adults have been recorded in October and November.[2]

The larvae feed on Phacelia species. They select cracks in or bore into the bark of logs or trees to pupate.

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