Eretmocera xanthonota

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Eretmocera xanthonota
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Eretmocera
Species:
E. xanthonota
Binomial name
Eretmocera xanthonota
Meyrick, 1910

Eretmocera xanthonota is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Sumba. [1]

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are very deep purple with four ochreous-yellow or orange spots, the first on the dorsum at one-fourth of the wing small, the others moderately large, roundish, in the disc at two-fifths, on the tornus, and on the costa at four-fifths respectively. The hindwings are dark purple-fuscous. [2]

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References

  1. Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 455 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .