Eretmocera xanthonota
Eretmocera xanthonota is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Sumba.[1]
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| Eretmocera xanthonota Meyrick, 1910 | |
The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are very deep purple with four ochreous-yellow or orange spots, the first on the dorsum at one-fourth of the wing small, the others moderately large, roundish, in the disc at two-fifths, on the tornus, and on the costa at four-fifths respectively. The hindwings are dark purple-fuscous.[2]
References
- Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 455
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