Eretmocera coracopis

Eretmocera coracopis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Turner in 1927. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[1]

Eretmocera coracopis
Scientific classification
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

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.[2]

References
  1. Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 1926 : 155


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