Eretmocera cyanosoma

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

Eretmocera cyanosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Scythrididae
Genus:
Eretmocera
Species:
E. cyanosoma
Binomial name
Eretmocera cyanosoma
Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are indigo-blackish with a pale yellow spot in the disc at one-third, one on the dorsum towards the tornus, and one on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark purple-fuscous.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Amarantus species.[3]

References
  1. Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 454
  3. Exotic Microlep. 5 (2): 62


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