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'''''Ethmia janzeni''''' is a [[moth]] in the [[Ethmiidae]] family. It is found from [[Mexico]] to [[San Salvador]], as well as in north-western [[Costa Rica]]. The habitat consists of dry forests and rain forests.<ref>[http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4305#articles.php?id=4305&_suid=14182906391800014472750253392563 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]</ref> |
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'''''Ethmia janzeni''''' is a [[moth]] in the [[Ethmiidae]] family. It is found in [[Mexico]]. |
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The length of the forewings is 7.3-8.5 mm. It is similar to the closely related species ''[[Ethmia elutella]]'', but differs by having a generally paler color and an ochreous rather than gray hindwing costal hair pencil. The ground color of the hindwings is white near the base, becoming pale grayish toward the margins.<ref>[http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/handle/10088/5390 A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)]</ref> |
The length of the forewings is 7.3-8.5 mm. It is similar to the closely related species ''[[Ethmia elutella]]'', but differs by having a generally paler color and an ochreous rather than gray hindwing costal hair pencil. The ground color of the hindwings is white near the base, becoming pale grayish toward the margins.<ref>[http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/handle/10088/5390 A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)]</ref> |
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Ethmia janzeni is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found from Mexico to San Salvador, as well as in north-western Costa Rica. The habitat consists of dry forests and rain forests.[1]
The length of the forewings is 7.3-8.5 mm. It is similar to the closely related species Ethmia elutella, but differs by having a generally paler color and an ochreous rather than gray hindwing costal hair pencil. The ground color of the hindwings is white near the base, becoming pale grayish toward the margins.[2]
References
- ^ 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
- ^ A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)