''Ethmiopsis melaina'' is a
moth in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by Clarke in 1986.
It is found on the
Marquesas Archipelago
The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' (North Marquesan) and ' (South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the ...
.
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.
Smithshon. Contr. Zool. 416 : 173
/ref>
References
Ethmiopsis
Moths described in 1986
Fatu-Hiva
Fauna of the Marquesas Islands
{{Chelariini-stub