Ethmia caradjae

Ethmia caradjae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. caradjae
Binomial name
Ethmia caradjae
(Rebel, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Psecadia caradjae Rebel, 1907
  • Ethmia chosroes Wiltshire, 1947

Ethmia caradjae is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Rebel in 1907.[1] It is found in Asia Minor (Taurus Mountains), Iraq, Kurdistan and south-western Iran.[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are glossy grey-brown with four black dots on the cell in two oblique parallel pairs. The hindwings are lightly scaled and transparent except near the termen, where the grey-brown scales are thicker.[3]

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