Ethmia similatella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from western Mexico (Sinaloa) to Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica.
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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. similatella
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| Ethmia similatella Busck, 1920
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The length of the forewings is 6.7–10.2 mm (0.26–0.40 in). The color pattern similar to Ethmia penthica, but the longitudinal line dividing the brown and whitish areas is less sinuate (wavy) so that the lobes of brown into white and the intervening white projections are less regularly U-shaped. The ground color of the hindwings is dark brown. Adults are on wing in February, April and August in Guatemala and July and August elsewhere. There are probably multiple generations per year.[1]
The larvae feed on Varronia guanacastensis.[2]
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.
- ^ Phillips-Rodríguez, E; Powell, J; Hallwachs, W; Janzen, D (2014). "A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from Área de Conservación Guanacaste". ZooKeys. 461: 1–86. doi:10.3897/zookeys.461.8377. PMC 4283717.
