Ethmiopsis scriniata

Ethmiopsis scriniata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka, Vietnam and possibly Taiwan.[2]

Ethmiopsis scriniata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Ethmiopsis
Species:
E. scriniata
Binomial name
Ethmiopsis scriniata
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria scriniata Meyrick, 1913
  • Hypatima scriniata

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are fuscous much mixed and suffused with white and with three elongate dark fuscous marks on the costa anteriorly, two posteriorly, and with a flattened-triangular spot in the middle, and three small spots towards the apex. There are some scattered blackish scales on the margins of the cell anteriorly, as well as slender black interrupted plical and median streaks on the posterior half of the wing, and two or three black dashes towards the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are grey, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly and with the veins dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima scriniata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 31, 2018). "Ethmiopsis scriniata (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 163.


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