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Ethmia discostrigella

Synonyms: Ethmia subcaerulea

Wikipedia Abstract

The mountain-mahogany moth (Ethmia discostrigella) is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found from the western United States, south into Mexico. The length of the forewings is 10.4-14.7 mm. The ground color of the forewings is dark gray, overlaid with scattered whitish scales. The ground color of the hindwings is pale gray, becoming whitish ocherous toward the anal area. Adults of the nominate subspecies are on wing from April to September in multiple generations per year in the south. Subspecies subcaerulea is on wing from March to September, also in multiple generations.
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Prey / Diet

Cercocarpus ledifolius (curl-leaf mountain mahogany)[1]
Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber (California Mountain Mahogany)[1]

Predators

Stenopogon engelhardti[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0