Ethmia scylla: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Depressariidae
- Genus
- Ethmia
- Species
- Ethmia scylla
- Scientific Name
- Ethmia scylla
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ethmia scylla
Ethmia scylla is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is in California, United States.
The length of the forewings is 5.8–7.2 mm (0.23–0.28 in). The ground color of the forewings is pale grayish brown, clouded and marked by whitish scaling. The ground color of the hindwings is gray-brown. Adults are on wing from late February to early April.
The larvae feed on Collinsia heterophylla. They feed in the flowers of their host plant.
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