Ethmia spyrathodes
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| Ethmia spyrathodes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. spyrathodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia spyrathodes Meyrick, 1922 | |
Ethmia spyrathodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in São Tomé and Príncipe, off the western coast of Central Africa.[1]
The wingspan is about 35 mm (1.4 in). The forewings are ochreous white with black markings: three spots on the basal portion of the costa, the middle one transverse and reaching halfway across the wing, a narrow irregular fascia at one-fourth with the posterior edge acute prominent in the disc and a small round spot beneath the fold before the middle. There is an irregular oblique blotch from the costa before the middle connected in the disc with a moderate irregular fascia from four-fifths of the costa to near the dorsum at three-fourths, dilated on the costa and touching a round spot towards the termen above the middle. There is also a dot beneath the costa beyond the middle and a round spot above the tornus, as well as a marginal series of marks or dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled anteriorly, darker towards the termen.[2]
