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Eretmocera fuscipennis

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Species of moth

Eretmocera fuscipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Eretmocera
Species: E. fuscipennis
Binomial name
Eretmocera fuscipennis
Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
  • Eretmocera carteri Walsingham, 1889
  • Exodomorpha derogatella Walker, 1864
  • Exodomorpha inclusella Walker, 1864
  • Eretmocera lunifera Zeller, 1852
  • Eretmocera miniata Walsingham, 1889

Eretmocera fuscipennis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), Gambia, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Tanzania (Zanzibar) and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum species.

References

  1. Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Bengtsson B. A. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. - Esperiana Memoir 7:1–361
Taxon identifiers
Eretmocera fuscipennis


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