Eretmocera arabica
Eretmocera arabica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Scythrididae |
Genus: | Eretmocera |
Species: | E. arabica |
Binomial name | |
Eretmocera arabica Amsel, 1961 | |
Eretmocera arabica is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. It is found in Yemen.[1][2]
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are blackish with a yellow basal streak in the fold almost reaching the middle of the wing. At the tornus is an oval yellow spot and a smaller yellow spot at the costa beyond the tornal spot. The hindwings are red, but the apical sixth is blackish. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to February.[3]
References
- ↑ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ Afromoths
- ↑ Bengtsson B. A. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. - Esperiana Memoir 7:1–361
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