Ethmia nigroapicella
Introduction '''''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.CaterpillarThe wingspan is . 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.The larvae feed on ''Ehretia'' species (including ''Ehretia dicksoni'' var. ''japonica'', ''Ehretia laevis'' and ''Ehretia buxifolia''), as well as on ''Cordia subcordata'' and ''Cordia sebestena''.This moth figures on a 25-cent stamp of Kiribati from 1980.
References
External links * * *  lebarcoding.org - picture of ''Ethmia nigroapicella''