Eretmocera basistrigata
| Eretmocera basistrigata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Eretmocera |
| Species: | E. basistrigata
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| Binomial name | |
| Eretmocera basistrigata Walsingham, 1889
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Eretmocera basistrigata is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Baron Walsingham in 1889. It is found in Cape Verde, Gambia, Kenya and Namibia.[1][2]
The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are blackish brown with a basal streak in the fold reaching the middle of the wing. There is a large, oblique spot at the tornus and beyond that a costal, much smaller spot. Both these spots are yellow. The hindwings are red in the basal three-fourths, but then gradually become darker. The apical part is blackish. Adults are on wing from September to February.
The larvae feed on Clerodendrum species.[3]
References[]
- ^ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Bengtsson B. A. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. - Esperiana Memoir 7:1–361
Categories:
- Eretmocera
- Moths described in 1889
- Scythrididae stubs