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Ethmia baliostola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ethmia

Ethmia baliostola

Ethmia baliostola is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in north-western South America (the coast of Colombia) to southern Mexico (Chiapas and Yucatán).

The length of the forewings is 10.7-14.1 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white, largely replaced by grayish and dark brown irregular and indistinct markings, forming elongated spots and streaks, which are at times somewhat distinct. The ground color of the hindwings is pearly white, becoming brown at the margins. Adults are on wing from March to April (in Costa Rica), from May to July and September to October (in Panama and Mexico) and in November (in Colombia). There are at least two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Bourreria oxyphylla and Bourreria costaricensis.

References

Ethmia baliostola Wikipedia