Eretmocera arabica
| Eretmocera arabica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Eretmocera |
| Species: | E. arabica
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| Binomial name | |
| Eretmocera arabica Amsel, 1961
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Eretmocera arabica is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. It is found in Yemen.[1][2]
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are blackish with a yellow basal streak in the fold almost reaching the middle of the wing. At the tornus is an oval yellow spot and a smaller yellow spot at the costa beyond the tornal spot. The hindwings are red, but the apical sixth is blackish. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to February.[3]
References[]
- ^ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Afromoths
- ^ Bengtsson B. A. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. - Esperiana Memoir 7:1–361
Categories:
- Eretmocera
- Moths described in 1961
- Taxa named by Hans Georg Amsel
- Scythrididae stubs