Ethmia laphamorum

Ethmia laphamorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. laphamorum
Binomial name
Ethmia laphamorum
Phillips, 2014

Ethmia laphamorum is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been recorded from both slopes of the Cordillera Volcánica de Guanacaste and Península de Nicoya at altitudes between 20 and 600 meters. The habitat consists of dry forests.

The length of the forewings is 10.8–12 mm for males and 11.1–12.7 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is brownish with irregular darker markings. There is an elongated dark mark in the posterior area, as well as an irregular black band from the base to the apex. The hindwings are whitish.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Nick and Gardiner Lapham for their support of ACG rain forest land purchase for permanent wildland conservation.[1]

References

  1. ↑ A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Depressariidae, Ethmiinae), with emphasis on the 42 species known from Área de Conservación Guanacaste


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