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Ethmia lapidella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in India, Japan, China and Taiwan.

Ethmia lapidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. lapidella
Binomial name
Ethmia lapidella (Walsingham, 1880)
Synonyms
Hyponomeuta lapidellus Walsingham, 1880 Psecadia decempunctella Matsumura, 1931

The wingspan is 19–21 mm (0.75–0.83 in). The forewings are overlaid with black spots on a grey background. There are ten spots and one small group of black scales. The hindwings are bright grey, but the marginal area is somewhat darker.[1] There are two generations per year with adults on wing from March to May and from September to October.

The larvae feed on Ehretia resinosa.

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