Ectaga promeces

Ectaga promeces is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1912.[1] It is found in Guatemala.[2]

Ectaga promeces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Ectaga
Species:
E. promeces
Binomial name
Ectaga promeces
Walsingham, 1912

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are fawn-brown, mixed with brownish fuscous and some brownish cinereous scaling. There is an elongate patch of raised brownish fuscous scales immediately below the middle of the fold and a series of four small discal spots, also consisting of raised brownish fuscous scales being distributed alternately along the upper and lower margins of the cell, the first and third in the upper series, the second and fourth in the lower, the latter about the lower angle of the cell. The hindwings are greyish brown, slightly paler toward the base.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ectaga promeces". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Ectaga at funet
  3. Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 141


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