Ethmia spyrathodes

Ethmia spyrathodes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. spyrathodes
Binomial name
	Ethmia spyrathodes; Meyrick, 1922

Ethmia spyrathodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in São Tomé and Príncipe, off the western coast of Central Africa.[1]

The wingspan is about 35 mm (1.4 in). The forewings are ochreous white with black markings: three spots on the basal portion of the costa, the middle one transverse and reaching halfway across the wing, a narrow irregular fascia at one-fourth with the posterior edge acute prominent in the disc and a small round spot beneath the fold before the middle. There is an irregular oblique blotch from the costa before the middle connected in the disc with a moderate irregular fascia from four-fifths of the costa to near the dorsum at three-fourths, dilated on the costa and touching a round spot towards the termen above the middle. There is also a dot beneath the costa beyond the middle and a round spot above the tornus, as well as a marginal series of marks or dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled anteriorly, darker towards the termen.[2]

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ethmia spyrathodes Meyrick, 1922". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (18): 552. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ethmia spyrathodes Meyrick, 1922". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (18): 552. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.