Ethmia dentata
Ethmia dentata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Ethmiidae (disputed) |
Genus: | Ethmia |
Species: | E. dentata |
Binomial name | |
Ethmia dentata Diakonoff & Sattler, 1966 | |
Ethmia dentata is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
The wingspan is 23–28 mm. The forewings are overlaid with 15 to 17 black dots on a grey background and with a row of 10 marginal dots. The hindwings are orange-yellow with a dark brown apical patch covering about 1/5 of the wing.[1]