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Eretmocera coracopis

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Species of moth

Eretmocera coracopis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Eretmocera
Species: E. coracopis
Binomial name
Eretmocera coracopis
(Turner, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Leuroscelis coracopis Turner, 1927

Eretmocera coracopis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1927. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are blackish with an obscure suffused grey-whitish spot on the tornus. The hindwings are dark-fuscous.

References

  1. Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 1926 : 155 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Eretmocera coracopis


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