Eretmocera shoabensis

Eretmocera shoabensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Eretmocera
Species:
E. shoabensis
Binomial name
Eretmocera shoabensis
Rebel, 1907

Eretmocera shoabensis is a species of moth in the family Scythrididae. It was first described by Austrian entomologist Hans Rebel in 1907. This species is endemic to the island of Socotra, part of Yemen.[1]

The larvae feed on plants of the genus Statice (family Plumbaginaceae).[2]

References

  1. ^ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ AfroMoths
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