Ethmia monticola

Ethmia monticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. monticola
Binomial name
Ethmia monticola
(Walsingham, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Psecadia monticola Walsingham, 1880
  • Psecadia fuscipedella Walsingham, 1888
  • Ethmia fuscipedella

The gray ethmia moth (Ethmia monticola) is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California and Arizona, east at least to North Dakota and Colorado.[2]

The length of the forewings is 10.8-15.3 mm. The ground color of the forewings is pale to dark slate gray. The markings are black, conspicuous and variable. The ground color of the hindwings is pale to dark gray. Adults are on wing from May to July.[3]

The larvae of subspecies fuscipedella feed on Lithospermum canescens and Lithospermum gmelini. They live in a slight web.

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