Eretmocera arabica

Eretmocera arabica is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. It is found in Yemen.[1][2]

Eretmocera arabica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Scythrididae
Genus:
Eretmocera
Species:
E. arabica
Binomial name
Eretmocera arabica
Amsel, 1961

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are blackish with a yellow basal streak in the fold almost reaching the middle of the wing. At the tornus is an oval yellow spot and a smaller yellow spot at the costa beyond the tornal spot. The hindwings are red, but the apical sixth is blackish. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to February.[3]

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


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