Ethmia pseudozygospila

Ethmia pseudozygospila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. pseudozygospila
Binomial name
Ethmia pseudozygospila
Kun & Szaboky, 2000[1]

Ethmia pseudozygospila is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in China and Taiwan.

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are overlaid with black markings on a whitish grey background. The hindwings are whitish grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Ehretia dicksoni.[3] They skeletonise the leaves of their host plant.

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