| Eretmocera florifera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Eretmocera |
| Species: | E. florifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Eretmocera florifera Meyrick, 1909 | |
Eretmocera florifera is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. This species is known from South Africa. [1]
Adults have been recorded in wing in October and December. [2]
Gelechioidea is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. It is a large and poorly understood '"micromoth" superfamily, constituting one of the basal lineages of the Ditrysia.
Scythrididae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the Xyloryctidae themselves have sometimes been included in the Oecophoridae as subfamily. Scythrididae adults are smallish to mid-sized moths, which when at rest appear teardrop-shaped.
Eretmocera is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae.
Apostibes is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae.
Eretmocera albistriata is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Henry Legrand in 1966. It is found on the Seychelles (Aldabra).
Eretmocera contermina is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Namibia and South Africa (Gauteng).
Eretmocera cyanosoma is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Sumba and Java.
Eretmocera dioctis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia.
Eretmocera haemogastra is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1936. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur).
Eretmocera homalocrossa is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Uganda.
Eretmocera medinella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1859. It is found in Spain, Sardinia, Russia and Turkey.
Eretmocera monophaea is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Namibia and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).
Eretmocera percnophanes is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in the Philippines (Samar).
Eretmocera scatospila is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa.
Eretmocera syleuta is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa.
Eretmocera typhonica is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire.
Eretmocera xanthonota is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Sumba.
Proterochyta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Scythrididae. Its only species, Proterochyta epicoena is found in Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Gauteng, South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.