Eretmocera cyanauges
| Eretmocera cyanauges | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- ^ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 38 (1) : 220
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