Ethmia coronata

Ethmia coronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ethmiidae (disputed)
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. coronata
Binomial name
Ethmia coronata
Walsingham, 1912
Synonyms
  • Ethmia abdominella Busck, 1912

Ethmia coronata is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in south-central Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 12.7–13.7 mm (0.50–0.54 in). The ground color of the forewings is dark gray, narrowly edged with white dorsally. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent, white and reflecting purplish, becoming brownish in the apical area. Adults are on wing in June, September and October.[1]

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