Eretmocera cyanosoma
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| Species: | E. cyanosoma
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| Eretmocera cyanosoma Meyrick, 1910
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Eretmocera cyanosoma is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Sumba[1] and Java.
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are indigo-blackish with a pale yellow spot in the disc at one-third, one on the dorsum towards the tornus, and one on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark purple-fuscous.[2]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Amarantus species.[3]
References
- ^ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 454
- ^ Exotic Microlep. 5 (2): 62