Eretmocera scatospila
Eretmocera scatospila is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.[1] It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo (Equateur, West Kasai, Bas Congo, Katanga, Orientale), Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal).
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The larvae have been recorded feeding on Amaranthus viridis, Glycine max, Urena lobata, Gossypium, Thunbergia and Clerodendrum species.[2]
References
- Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (accessed Dec.19th, 2016)
- images of typus: Swedish Museum of Natural History
- Original description in: Zeller P. C. 1852b. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit. - — :1–120.
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