| Eretmocera impactella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Eretmocera |
| Species: | E. impactella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eretmocera impactella (Walker, 1864) | |
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Eretmocera impactella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. This species is known from Oman, United Arab Emirates, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan Thailand and Pakistan. [1]
The forewings are blackish brown with more or less distinct whitish or white yellowish markings. [2]
The larvae feed on various Amaranthaceae species and other food plants. [3] The adults mate by fusing their ends together or for protection ,mostly during the daytime,they look like a Caterpillar with two heads(observation)The two also take turns to walk (one walks backwards and other forward)while stuck together, they can't fly at that time.
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 laetissima is a moth of the family Scythrididae. This species is known from Gambia, Congo, Comoros, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and South Africa.
Eretmocera is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae.
Eretmocera florifera is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. This species is known from South Africa.
Eretmocera arabica is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. It is found in Yemen.
Eretmocera basistrigata is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Baron Walsingham in 1889. It is found in Cape Verde, Gambia, Kenya and Namibia.
Eretmocera benitonis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Strand in 1913. It is found in Equatorial Guinea.
Eretmocera bradleyi is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. It is found in the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
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 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.
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 levicornella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1917. It is found in Sudan.
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 rubripennis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in southern India.
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 shoabensis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1907. It is found in Yemen (Socotra).
Eretmocera xanthonota is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Sumba.
