Ethmia caradjae

(Ethmia caradjae)

Description

Ethmia caradjae is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Rebel in 1907. It is found in Asia Minor (Taurus Mountains), Iraq, Kurdistan and south-western Iran. The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are glossy grey-brown with four black dots on the cell in two oblique parallel pairs. The hindwings are lightly scaled and transparent except near the termen, where the grey-brown scales are thicker.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Ethmiidae
Genus:Ethmia
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