Genus Ethmia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

Ethmia discostrigella - Hodges #0980 - Ethmia discostrigella

Depressariidae, on Puccoon - Ethmia longimaculella

Ethmia at lights resembling marmorea - Ethmia

Species Ethmia bittenella - Hodges#0994 - Ethmia bittenella

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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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ethmia Hubner, 1819

formerly placed in the family Oecophoridae

Numbers

There are 52 named species of the genus Ethmia in America north of Mexico. (1)

Print References

(2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Jerry A. Powell. 1973. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 120: 1-312.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 7 July, 2005 - 8:01pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Harsi S. Parker, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 25 December, 2017 - 7:22pm

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