Ethmia plagiobothrae

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

Ethmia plagiobothrae is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in California, United States.

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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