Eretmocera xanthonota
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| Eretmocera xanthonota | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Eretmocera |
| Species: | E. xanthonota |
| Binomial name | |
| Eretmocera xanthonota Meyrick, 1910 | |
Eretmocera xanthonota is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Sumba.[1]
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]
