Eretmocera fuscipennis explained

Eretmocera fuscipennis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), Gambia, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Tanzania (Zanzibar) and Zimbabwe.^{[1] [2]}

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum species.^[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/ERETFUSC Afro Moths
3. http://esperiana.net/mediapool/86/862516/data/Bengtsson_Memoir_7_7-46.pdf Bengtsson B. A. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. - Esperiana Memoir 7:1–361