Ethmia hilarella

Ethmia hilarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. hilarella
Binomial name
Ethmia hilarella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Azinis hilarella Walker, 1863
  • Theoxenia penicillata Walsingham, [1887]

Ethmia hilarella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Walker in 1863.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka, southern India and Taiwan.[2]

Adults are pale slate grey, the forewings with eighteen black whitish-bordered dots and with a row of small submarginal black dots. The hindwings are luteous, but black at the tips.[3]

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