Ethmia janzeni
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| Family: | Ethmiidae (disputed)
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| Species: | E. janzeni
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| Ethmia janzeni Powell, 1973
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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)