Eretmocera chrysias

Eretmocera chrysias is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[1]

Eretmocera chrysias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Scythrididae
Genus:
Eretmocera
Species:
E. chrysias
Binomial name
Eretmocera chrysias
(Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Castorura chrysias Meyrick, 1887

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are purple-black with four roundish yellow spots, the first on the inner margin near the base, the second (largest) in the disc before the middle, the third on the inner margin before the anal angle and the fourth on the costa beyond the third. The hindwings are yellow, with the apical fourth dark purple-fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 1 (4) : 1047


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