Emmelina aethes
| Emmelina aethes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Emmelina |
| Species: | E. aethes |
| Binomial name | |
| Emmelina aethes (Walsingham, 1915) | |
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Emmelina aethes is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Mexico.[1]
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The antennae are pale cinereous (ash-grey), barred with dark brown above. The head and thorax are pale fawn-brownish. The forewings are pale fawn-brown, mixed with pale cinereous and some dark fuscous scaling. The hindwings and cilia are greyish brown.[2] Adults are on wing in September.[3]
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