Ethmia lassenella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in the United States in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah.
Ethmia lassenella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Ethmia |
Species: | E. lassenella
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Binomial name | |
Ethmia lassenella |
The length of the forewings is 7.8–8.3 mm (0.31–0.33 in). The ground color of the forewings is steel gray including the fringe. There are two bright red-orange spots and five smaller black spots. The ground color of the hindwings is white with a broad black, moderately well defined marginal band. Adults are on wing from mid-March to mid-April.[2]
References
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- ^ 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.