Ethmia amasina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. amasina
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| Ethmia amasina (Staudinger, 1880)
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Ethmia amasina is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1880.[1] It is found in Asia Minor (Amasia), Syria, Iraq (Kurdistan) and Iran.[2]
The wingspan is 20–24 mm (0.79–0.94 in). The forewings are white with three black dots on the wing, two on the fold and one after the cell. There is also a row of eight to eleven marginal points. The hindwings are dull grey.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ethmia amasina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ Ethmia at funet
- ^ Staudinger, O. (1879). "Lepidoptera-Fauna Kleinasien's". Horae Societatis entomologicae rossicae (in German). 15. Russkoe ėntomologicheskoe obshchestvo: 292. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.
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