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Species Ethmia nadia - Hodges#0974

unknown moth - Ethmia nadia
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Depressariidae
Subfamily Ethmiinae
Genus Ethmia
No Taxon (semilugens group)
Species nadia (Ethmia nadia - Hodges#0974)
Hodges Number
0974
Size
forewing 7.7-9.7 mm (1)
Identification
Detailed description by Powell (1973) can be found at link in citations below. (1)
Range
California (1)
Season
March to May in southern California; June & July in Siskiyou County (1)
Food
Phacelia ramosissima (1)
Works Cited
1.A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea).
Jerry A. Powell. 1973. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 120: 1-312.