Eremica molitor
Species of moth
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Eremica molitor is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1905. It is found in Algeria.[1]
| Eremica molitor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Eremica |
| Species: | E. molitor |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremica molitor (Walsingham, 1905) | |
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The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are hoary white, profusely sprinkled with black atoms which have a tendency to run in lines, especially along the upper edge of the cell, and from the cell outward to the apex and termen. The hindwings are shining, brownish grey.[2]
