Eretmocera cyanauges
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E. cyanauges
Binomial name
Eretmocera cyanauges
Turner, 1913

Eretmocera cyanauges is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is 14โ€“17 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with a blue and purple sheen. There are four orange-yellow spots, the first on the dorsum at one-fourth, the second in the disc before the middle, the third on the tornus and the fourth on the costa at five-sixths. The hindwings are yellow.[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. โ†‘ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 38 (1) : 220 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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