Ethmia prattiella

Ethmia prattiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. prattiella
Binomial name
Ethmia prattiella
Busck, 1915[1]

Ethmia prattiella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in southern North America from west-central Texas to eastern central Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 8.4-8.7 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white, with markings consisting of small black dots. The ground color of the hindwings is uniform pale brown. Adults are on wing in January (in central Mexico), in April (in Texas) and in July (in northern Mexico).[2]

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