Eretmocera xanthonota

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

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

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]

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


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