Ethmia nigroapicella, commonly known as the kou leafworm, is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Madagascar, the Seychelles, India, Assam, Burma, Samoa, the Philippines, Hawaii, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. nigroapicella
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| Ethmia nigroapicella (Saalmüller, 1880)
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The wingspan is 24–28 mm (0.94–1.10 in). The forewings are overlaid with fifteen black dots on a grey background and a row of seven marginal dots. The hindwings are orange-yellow, but the apical patch is dark brown and covers one-seventh of the hindwing.[1]
The larvae feed on Ehretia species (including Ehretia dicksoni var. japonica, Ehretia laevis and Ehretia buxifolia[citation needed]), as well as on Cordia subcordata and Cordia sebestena.[2][3]
This moth figures on a 25-cent stamp of Kiribati from 1980.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Biota Taiwanica". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ a b "Ethmia nigroapicella".
- ^ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
External links
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Media related to Ethmia nigroapicella at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ethmia nigroapicella at Wikispecies- lebarcoding.org - picture of Ethmia nigroapicella
