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''Ethmia phylacis'' is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica and Cuba. The habitat consists of dry forests.〔(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 )〕 The length of the forewings is 8.7–12 mm. The ground color of the forewings is white, the costal area on the basal one-fifth densely spotted with dark gray brown, blending to metallic green. The ground color of the hindwings is whitish basally (becoming brownish before the margins) and ochreous at the distal margins including the fringe. Adults of ssp. ''phylacis'' are on wing from April to May (in Yucatán), in June (in Chiapas), in July (in Veracruz) and from July to August (in Sonora and Sinaloa). Adults of ssp. ''ornata'' have been recorded in August.〔(A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) )〕 ==Subspecies== *''Ethmia phylacis phylacis'' (Mexico: southern Sonora and Sinaloa on the west coast to Veracruz and Yucatán on the east coast) *''Ethmia phylacis ornata'' (Busck, 1934) (Cuba) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ethmia phylacis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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