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Species Ethmia delliella - Ladder-backed Ethmia Moth - Hodges#0993

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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 (kirbyi group)
Species delliella (Ladder-backed Ethmia Moth - Hodges#0993)
Hodges Number
0993
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
original combination Psecadia delliella Fernald, 1891 (1)
Numbers
46 spp in genus per Arnett (1985) (2)
Size
forewing length 9 - 12 mm (1)
Identification
FW white with a series of dark bars and spots. Terminal end of wing is orange. HW white, with a faint brown tip.
Range
Texas to southern California, and Mexico.
Food
Ehretia elliptica (1)
Internet References
0993 – Ladder-backed Ethmia Moth – Ethmia delliella - Moth Photographers Group
Butterflies and Moths of North America
MPG
Works Cited
1.A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea).
Jerry A. Powell. 1973. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 120: 1-312.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 12 December, 2005 - 7:48pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 May, 2012 - 8:05pm

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