Ethmia timberlakei

Ethmia timberlakei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. timberlakei
Binomial name
Ethmia timberlakei
Powell, 1973[1]

Ethmia timberlakei is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in California, United States.

The length of the forewings is 8.7-10.6 mm. The ground color of the forewings is dark gray, sparsely to densely irrorated (speckled) with scattered white scales. The ground color of the hindwings is uniform pale gray.[2]

The larvae feed on Phacelia ramosissima var. suffrutescens.

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