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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.

Ethmia nigroapicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. nigroapicella
Binomial name
Ethmia nigroapicella (Saalmüller, 1880)
Synonyms
Psecadia nigroapicella Saalmüller, 1880 Ethmia colonella Walsingham, 1907 Ethmia meteoris Meyrick, 1911 Ethmia systematica Meyrick, 1922 Psecadia apicalis Matsumura, 1931

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) and Cordia subcordata.

This moth figures on a 25-cent stamp of Kiribati from 1980.[2]

References

External links

• Media related to Ethmia nigroapicella at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Ethmia nigroapicella at Wikispecies
• lebarcoding.org - picture of Ethmia nigroapicella

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