Ethmia joviella

Ethmia joviella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. joviella
Binomial name
Ethmia joviella
Walsingham, 1897

Ethmia joviella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found on the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Grenada.

The length of the forewings is 5.8-6.7 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white, the costal area broadly dusted with brownish gray. The markings are black. The ground color of the hindwings is gray-brown. Adults are on wing in February, March and July in Dominica. There are multiple generations per year.[1]

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