Ethmia chemsaki

Ethmia chemsaki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. chemsaki
Binomial name
Ethmia chemsaki
Powell, 1959

Ethmia chemsaki is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found from Puebla, Mexico to northern Costa Rica, where it has been collected on the Pacific slope of Cordillera de Guanacaste at altitudes ranging from 20 to 300 meters.[1]

The length of the forewings is 8-9.2 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white, with black markings, faintly reflecting metallic blue. The ground color of the hindwings is white, becoming brown toward the apical margin. Adults are on wing in June.[2]

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