Ethmia linda is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from Venezuela to southern Mexico (eastern Oaxaca, Veracruz and Yucatán).
Ethmia linda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Ethmia |
Species: | E. linda
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Binomial name | |
Ethmia linda Busck, 1914
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The length of the forewings is 7–7.3 mm (0.28–0.29 in). The ground color of the forewings is white, faintly tinged with grayish on the costal half. The ground color of the hindwings is brown, usually dark at least distally. Adults are on wing in March (in Yucatán), in July (in Veracruz and Oaxaca), in August and October (in Guatemala) and in November (in Venezuela).[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.