Ethmia baliostola

Ethmia baliostola is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in north-western South America (the coast of Colombia) to southern Mexico (Chiapas and Yucatán).

Larva

Ethmia baliostola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. baliostola
Binomial name
Ethmia baliostola
Synonyms
  • Ethmia baliostoma Busck 1914

The length of the forewings is 10.7–14.1 mm (0.42–0.56 in). The ground color of the forewings is white, largely replaced by grayish and dark brown irregular and indistinct markings, forming elongated spots and streaks, which are at times somewhat distinct. The ground color of the hindwings is pearly white, becoming brown at the margins. Adults are on wing from March to April (in Costa Rica), from May to July and September to October (in Panama and Mexico) and in November (in Colombia). There are at least two generations per year.[1]

The larvae feed on Bourreria oxyphylla and Bourreria costaricensis.[2]

References
  1. Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. Phillips-Rodríguez, E; Powell, J; Hallwachs, W; Janzen, D (2014). "A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from Área de Conservación Guanacaste". ZooKeys (461): 1–86. doi:10.3897/zookeys.461.8377.


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