Eretmocera fasciata explained

Eretmocera fasciata is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Baron Walsingham in 1896. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia.[1] [2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are bronzy greyish fuscous with a straight, transverse, pale whitish ochreous fascia before the middle, followed by a dorsal spot before the tornus and a rather larger costal spot of the same colour before the commencement of the cilia. There is some faint whitish ochreous speckling on the wing-surface. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/scythrididae/eretmocera/ Eretmocera
  2. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ERETFASC Afro Moths
  3. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen96scie#page/280/mode/1up Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 : 280