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Eretmocera fasciata

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

Eretmocera fasciata is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Baron Walsingham in 1896. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are bronzy greyish fuscous with a straight, transverse, pale whitish ochreous fascia before the middle, followed by a dorsal spot before the tornus and a rather larger costal spot of the same colour before the commencement of the cilia. There is some faint whitish ochreous speckling on the wing-surface. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 : 280 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.