Ethmia nigritaenia

Ethmia nigritaenia is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from southern Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to north-western Costa Rica.

Ethmia nigritaenia
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E. nigritaenia
Binomial name
Ethmia nigritaenia
Powell, 1973

The length of the forewings is 10.4–14 mm (0.41–0.55 in). The ground color of the forewings is whitish gray, clouded with pale brownish gray except at the terminal margin. The ground color of the hindwings is semitranslucent white, becoming pale brownish at the distal margins.[1]

The larvae feed on Cordia gerascanthus.[2]

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