Eretmocera contermina
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| Eretmocera contermina Meyrick, 1926
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Eretmocera contermina is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Namibia and South Africa (Gauteng).[1][2]
The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are dark greyish-fuscous with an ochreous-white spot on costa at four-fifths. The hindwings are dark grey. Females differ from the males. The forewings are more distinctly marked with a white costal spot at three-fourths from the base and there is a pale beige spot at the tornus. In the basal two-thirds are some irregular, slightly paler (greyish) diffuse patches of scales. These are also discernable in males, but to a lesser extent. Adults have been recorded on wing in December and March.[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 1926
- Scythrididae stubs