Ethmia lapidella
| Ethmia lapidella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Ethmiidae (disputed) |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. lapidella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia lapidella (Walsingham, 1880) | |
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Ethmia lapidella is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in India, Japan, China and Taiwan.
The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are overlaid with black spots on a grey background. There are ten spots and one small group of black scales. The hindwings are bright grey, but the marginal area is somewhat darker.[1] There are two generations per year with adults on wing from March to May and from September to October.
The larvae feed on Ehretia resinosa.