Eretmocera fuscipennis

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Eretmocera fuscipennis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Eretmocera
Species:
E. fuscipennis
Binomial name
Eretmocera fuscipennis
Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
  • Eretmocera carteriWalsingham, 1889
  • Exodomorpha derogatellaWalker, 1864
  • Exodomorpha inclusellaWalker, 1864
  • Eretmocera luniferaZeller, 1852
  • Eretmocera miniataWalsingham, 1889

Eretmocera fuscipennis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), Gambia, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Tanzania (Zanzibar) and Zimbabwe. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. It is a polymorphic species, which was described several times. The forewings are s dark brownish. The hindwings are reddish or yellowish dorsally at the base, the apical four-fifths with an increasing number of brownish or blackish brown scales. The underside is entirely carmine red or yellow, occasionally with some fuscous scales mixed in. Adults have been recorded on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum species. [3]

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