Ethmia plagiobothrae

Ethmia plagiobothrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ethmiidae (disputed)
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. plagiobothrae
Binomial name
Ethmia plagiobothrae
Powell, 1973[1]

Ethmia plagiobothrae is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in California.

The length of the forewings is 5.6–7 mm. The ground color of the forewings is blackish gray. The ground color of the hindwings is white, although the apical area is rather broadly blackish, except the fringe which is white. Adults are on wing in February and March.[2]

The larvae have been reared on Plagiobothrys nothofulvus.

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