Ethmia lichyi

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

Ethmia lichyi is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in Central and South America, including Venezuela, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala.

Larva

The length of the forewings is 13.7-17.1 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white, clouded with very pale gray except narrowly adjoining the blackish brown markings. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent white, becoming brownish at the apex.[1]

The larvae feed on Cordia bicolor, Cordia collococca, Cordia eriostigma, Cordia panamensis and Cordia porcata.[2]

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