Ethmiopsis melaina is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Clarke in 1986.[1][failed verification] It is found on the Marquesas Archipelago.[2]

Ethmiopsis melaina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ethmiopsis
Species:
E. melaina
Binomial name
Ethmiopsis melaina
(Clarke, 1986)
Synonyms
  • Chelophoba melaina Clarke, 1986

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The basal half of the forewings is cinereous and the outer half sordid white. There are two or three fuscous blotches at the outer edge of the basal half and the outer half is strongly marked with fuscous and cinereous. The hindwings are very pale grey, whitish basally.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ^ Ethmiopsis at funet
  3. ^ Smithshon. Contr. Zool. 416 : 173  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.