Eretmocera monophaea

Eretmocera monophaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Eretmocera
Species:
E. monophaea
Binomial name
Eretmocera monophaea
Meyrick, 1927

Eretmocera monophaea is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Namibia and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[1][2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, suffusedly and irregularly clouded grey with a faint pinkish tinge, sometimes with a whitish spot on the costa al three-fourths and with some whitish scales near the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ^ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (12): 380Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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