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Ethmia festiva

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ethmia

Ethmia festiva

Ethmia festiva is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found from south-eastern Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala to northern Colombia.

The length of the forewings is 8.3–10 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white with distinct brownish black lines which reflect bluish. The ground color of the hindwings is whitish, becoming brownish apically. Adults are on wing from late March to May (in Yucatán and Panama), in July (Oaxaca and Nicaragua) and in July and October (in Colombia).

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Ethmia festiva Wikipedia