Ethmia stephenrumseyi

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

Ethmia stephenrumseyi is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been recorded from most of the country at altitudes ranging from 660 to 1,250 meters.

The length of the forewings is 12.1–15.8 mm for males and 13.4–16.3 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is white with well defined black markings. There is an elongated blotch at costal half, interrupted by a white patch . There is a short oblique band in the terminal area and a broad oblique irregular band from the middle of forewing, reaching the posterior margin. The hindwing ground colour is whitish, becoming dark grey towards the apex.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Stephen Rumsey for his global actions to use forest conservation and recuperation to reverse climate alteration by humans and simultaneously increase survival of wild biodiversity.[1]

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