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Ethmia amasina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ethmia

Ethmia amasina is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Staudinger in 1879. It is found in Asia Minor (Amasia), Syria, Iraq (Kurdistan) and Iran.

The wingspan is 20-24 mm. The forewings are white with three black dots on the wing, two on the fold and one after the cell. There is also a row of eight to eleven marginal points. The hindwings are dull grey.

References

Ethmia amasina Wikipedia