Eretmocera laetissima
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Scythrididae |
Genus: | Eretmocera |
Species: | E. laetissima
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Binomial name | |
Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852
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Eretmocera laetissima is a moth of the family Scythrididae. This species is known from Gambia, Congo, Comoros, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and South Africa.[1]
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Alternanthera achyrantoides (Amaranthaceae) and Clerodendrum sp. (Verbenaceae).[2]
References
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