Eretmocera laetissima

Eretmocera laetissima
Eretmocera laetissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythridinae
Genus: Eretmocera
Species: E.laetissima
Binomial name
Eretmocera laetissima
Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
  • Exodomorpha divisella Walker, Walker, 1864

Eretmocera laetissima is a moth of the Scythrididae family. This species is known from Gambia, Congo, Comoros, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and South Africa.[1]

Biology

The larvae feed on Alternanthera achyrantoides (Amaranthaceae) and Clerodendrum sp. (Verbenaceae).[2]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths
  2. ↑ Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero 2007. Scythrididae. – In: Heppner, J. B. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) fascicule 44. - — 3(44):1–85.

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