Ethmia albitogata
| Ethmia albitogata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. albitogata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia albitogata Walsingham, 1907[1]
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Ethmia albitogata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in central California.
The length of the forewings is 6–7.1 millimetres (0.24–0.28 in). The ground color of the forewings is dark gray heavily overscaled with white. The ground color of the hindwings (including fringe) is white, but the apical area and base of the adjoining fringe are blackish. Adults are on wing in February and March.[2]
The larvae feed on Amsinckia lunaris and possibly other Amsinckia species.
References[edit]
- ^ "Ethmia albitogata Walsingham, 1907". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ^ Powell, Jerry A. (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120): 1–302. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.120.[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Ethmia
- Endemic fauna of California
- Endemic insects of the United States
- Moths of North America
- Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Moths described in 1907
- Ethmiinae stubs