Ethmia brevistriga is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is in California, United States.
| Ethmia brevistriga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. brevistriga
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia brevistriga Clarke, 1950[1]
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The length of the forewings is 4.7–6.4 mm (0.19–0.25 in). The ground color of the forewings is dark brown; with a distinct white line. The ground color of the hindwings is dark brown, but the costal area is paler. Subspecies aridicola has a darker ground color owing to a reduction of the whitish overscaling, especially on the costal half. Adults are on wing from March to mid-May.[2]
The larvae feed on Phacelia distans. Subspecies aridicola only feeds on Phacelia distans var. australis.
Subspecies
edit- Ethmia brevistriga brevistriga (along the immediate coastal strand in central California)
- Ethmia brevistriga aridicola Powell, 1973 (inland California)
References
edit- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 120: 1–302. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.120. hdl:10088/5390.
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