Ethmia heliomela

Species of moth

Ethmia heliomela

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

E. heliomela

Binomial name
Ethmia heliomela

Lower, 1923[1]

Synonyms

* Ethmia olbista Turner, 1923

Ethmia heliomela is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Australia in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 30 mm (1.2 in). The forewings are grey, with a satin sheen and two black dots. The hindwings are yellow with black tips.

The larvae feed on Ehretia acuminata. They live in webs amongst the flowers of the host plant. Initially they feed on the flowers, but may also eat the leaves when they mature. They are dark green and black. Pupation takes place under the bark.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
2. ^ Australian Insects

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q13613275
* AFD: Ethmia_heliomela
* BioLib: 1095047
* BOLD: 325558
* EoL: 943535
* GBIF: 1845633
* iNaturalist: 555456
* IRMNG: 11108271
* LepIndex: 111962
* NCBI: 1555983

|

This article on a moth of the subfamily Ethmiinae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template