Ethmia millerorum

Ethmia millerorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. millerorum
Binomial name
Ethmia millerorum
Phillips, 2014

Ethmia millerorum is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been recorded from 1,150 to 1,300 meters in the Cordillera Volcánica de Guanacaste. The habitat consists of rain forests.

Larva

The length of the forewings is 10.9–11.9 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white with a large quadrate dorsal purplish coppery blotch at the posterior half from near the base to the tornus. The costal area has four blackish spots at the base and there is one distinct spot at the dorsum. The hindwing ground colour is whitish, but darker towards the margin.

The larvae feed on Bourreria costaricensis.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Kenton and Sue Miller for their lifetime generation, coaching, cheerleading and production of conservation of global biodiversity.[1]

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