Ethirostoma interpolata explained

Ethirostoma interpolata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil and Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are brownish fuscous, the tips of the scales minutely whitish, forming a very fine transverse striation. There are dark fuscous dots towards the costa near the base and at one-fifth and one-third, and two above and below the fold at one-fourth. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a gradually expanded streak of dark fuscous suffusion along the costa from one-third to the subterminal line, cut by an oblique white strigula from the middle of the costa. There is also a nearly straight whitish line from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, hardly angulated in the middle, beyond the angle a short black dash, sometimes a second more minute indicated beneath it. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . February 12, 2015 . Ethirostoma interpolata Meyrick, 1922 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 29, 2020.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1922roya#page/71/mode/1up Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 71.