Ethmia acontias

Short description: Species of moth

Ethmia acontias

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Depressariidae
Genus:  | Ethmia
Species:  |

E. acontias

Binomial name
Ethmia acontias

Meyrick, 1906

Ethmia acontias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India .[2]

The wingspan is 17–21 mm (0.67–0.83 in). The forewings are pale whitish fuscous with blackish markings. There is a streak from the base of the costa to beneath the costa at two-fifths, brown towards its middle. There is an irregular streak along the fold from the base to near the middle, beyond the apex of which lies a dot surrounded with whitish. There is also a median longitudinal streak from before the middle to the termen beneath the apex, its posterior extremity bifurcate. There is a series of irregular dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous whitish, suffused with fuscous towards the apex.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Ethmia acontias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=111803.
2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (September 4, 2019). "Ethmia acontias Meyrick, 1906". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/ethmiinae/ethmia/#acontias. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part II". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17 (2): 409–410. https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn17190607bomb#page/409/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 June 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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