The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are black, bronzy dorsally and purplish along the termen. The fringes are black, with a pale yellow, oval, oblique spot at the tornus. Opposite the tornal spot is a very faint, pale yellow costal spot. Ventrally, there is a red streak, not reaching the termen, with a yellowish gloss, distally reddish-purplish. The hindwings and its fringes are blood-red in the basal half dorsally and ventrally and black with a faint bronze shine at the apical half.[3]
^Bengtsson B. A. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. - Esperiana Memoir 7:1–361 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
eretmocera, alenica, moth, family, scythrididae, described, strand, 1913, found, equatorial, guinea, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, lepidoptera, family, scythrididae, genus, eretmoce. Eretmocera alenica is a moth of the family Scythrididae It was described by Strand in 1913 It is found in Equatorial Guinea 1 2 Eretmocera alenica Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Scythrididae Genus Eretmocera Species E alenica Binomial name Eretmocera alenicaStrand 1913 The wingspan is about 12 mm The forewings are black bronzy dorsally and purplish along the termen The fringes are black with a pale yellow oval oblique spot at the tornus Opposite the tornal spot is a very faint pale yellow costal spot Ventrally there is a red streak not reaching the termen with a yellowish gloss distally reddish purplish The hindwings and its fringes are blood red in the basal half dorsally and ventrally and black with a faint bronze shine at the apical half 3 References edit Eretmocera at funet fi Afro Moths Bengtsson B A 2014 The Afrotropical Scythrididae Esperiana Memoir 7 1 361 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain This article on a moth of the family Scythrididae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eretmocera alenica amp oldid 1112722905, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
