Ethmia abraxasella
| Ethmia abraxasella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Ethmiidae (disputed) |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. abraxasella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia abraxasella Walker, 1864)[1] | |
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Ethmia abraxasella is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Bahamas. It has also been recorded from southern Florida.
The length of the forewings is 7.1-8.8 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white. The costa is brownish gray from the base to just before the apex. The ground color of the hindwings is white, becoming brownish apically. Adults of ssp. abraxasella are on wing in February, from May to July and in October. Adults of ssp. clarissa are on wing in June, October and December (in Cuba) and in July (on the Bahamas).[2]
Subspecies
- Ethmia abraxasella abraxasella (Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico)
- Ethmia abraxasella clarissa (Busck, 1914) (Cuba and the Bahamas)