Eretmocera alenica
| Eretmocera alenica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Eretmocera |
| Species: | E. alenica |
| Binomial name | |
| Eretmocera alenica Strand, 1913 | |
Eretmocera alenica is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It was described by Strand in 1913. It is found in Equatorial Guinea.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are black, bronzy dorsally and purplish along the termen. The fringes are black, with a pale yellow, oval, oblique spot at the tornus. Opposite the tornal spot is a very faint, pale yellow costal spot. Ventrally, there is a red streak, not reaching the termen, with a yellowish gloss, distally reddish-purlish. The hindwings and its fringes are blood-red in the basal half dorsally and ventrally and black with a faint bronze shine at the apical half.[3]
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