Ethmia lassenella
Ethmia lassenella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Ethmiidae (disputed) |
Genus: | Ethmia |
Species: | E. lassenella |
Binomial name | |
Ethmia lassenella Busck, 1908[1] | |
Ethmia lassenella is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah.
The length of the forewings is 7.8-8.3 mm. The ground color of the forewings is steel gray including the fringe. There are two bright red-orange spots and five smaller black spots. The ground color of the hindwings is white with a broad black, moderately well defined marginal band. Adults are on wing from mid March to mid April.[2]