Ethmia nobilis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1968.[1] It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.[2]
| Ethmia nobilis | |
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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. nobilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia nobilis Diakonoff, [1968]
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The wingspan is about 25 mm (0.98 in). The forewings are glossy, light slate grey with a faint purplish hue. The markings are black, faintly edged with whitish. There are also three elongate plical dots, becoming larger posteriorly. There is also a larger oval spot in the cell in the middle of the wing and three subapical dots, as well as a row of eleven marginal dots. The hindwings are glossy light grey fuscous, the basal fourth as far as the lower edge of the cell whitish.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia nobilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018. Note: This source gives 1967 as the year of description.
- ^ Ethmia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Bulletin of the United States National Museum 258: 258