Ethmia kirbyi

Species of moth

Ethmia kirbyi

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

E. kirbyi

Binomial name
Ethmia kirbyi

(Moeschler, 1890)

Synonyms

* Psecadia kirbyi Moeschler, 1890

Ethmia kirbyi is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Haiti and Puerto Rico.

The length of the forewings is 8.1–8.4 mm (0.32–0.33 in). The ground color of the forewings is white with gray-brown markings. The ground color of the hindwings is white, becoming brownish toward the apex. Adults are on wing in February (in Haiti) and in April and August (in Puerto Rico).[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5403891
* EoL: 936917
* GBIF: 1845496
* iNaturalist: 1076701
* IRMNG: 10686260
* LepIndex: 111990

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