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 family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis 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]

References

Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Ethmia hilarella (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 257

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[1] Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Ethmia hilarella (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.

[3] Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 257