Ethmia tilneyorum

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

Ethmia tilneyorum is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been recorded from the Pacific slope of the Cordillera Volcánica de Guanacaste and on the Península de Nicoya at altitudes between 50 and 160 meters. The habitat consists of dry forests.

The length of the forewings is 8.9–10.3 mm for males and 8.7–10.4 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Cordia gerascanthus.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Lou and Molly Tilney for their support of ACG land purchase.[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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