Ethmia paucella

Ethmia paucella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ethmiidae (disputed)
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. paucella
Binomial name
Ethmia paucella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Hyponomeuta paucellus Walker, 1863
  • Ethmia paucellus
  • Psecadia paucella

Ethmia paucella is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

The length of the forewings is 10.9-12.4 mm. The forewings have markings which are more or less evenly spaced and similar sized roundish spots of black reflecting metallic blue. The ground color of the hindwings is pale ochreous, except the costal area which is entirely clothed with bright ochreous, roughened scaling from the upper margin of the cell to the costal margin. Adults are on wing in June.[1]

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