Ethmia elutella explained

Ethmia elutella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from Panama to Venezuela and Trinidad.^[1] There is also a record from Chile.

The length of the forewings is . The ground color of the forewings is white, mostly obscured by grayish clouding or ill-defined blotches basally and through the costal half except along the costa on the distal one-third. The ground color of the hindwings is pale gray except under the costal hair pencil, where it is pale ocherous. Adults are on wing in February, March and May.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Phillips-Rodríguez . E . Powell . J . Hallwachs . W . Janzen . D . 2014 . 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 . ZooKeys . 461 . 1–86 . 10.3897/zookeys.461.8377. free . 4283717 .
2. A systematic monograph of New World ethmiid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) . Powell . Jerry . 1973 . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 120 . 1–302 . 10.5479/si.00810282.120 . free . 10088/5390 .