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Eretmocera cyanauges

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Eretmocera cyanauges
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Eretmocera
Species:
E. cyanauges
Binomial name
Eretmocera cyanauges
Turner, 1913

Eretmocera cyanauges is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with a blue and purple sheen. There are four orange-yellow spots, the first on the dorsum at one-fourth, the second in the disc before the middle, the third on the tornus and the fourth on the costa at five-sixths. The hindwings are yellow.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 38 (1) : 220 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.