Eretmocera chrysias: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Scythrididae
Genus
Eretmocera
Species
Eretmocera chrysias
Scientific Name
Eretmocera chrysias

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Eretmocera chrysias

Eretmocera chrysias is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are purple-black with four roundish yellow spots, the first on the inner margin near the base, the second (largest) in the disc before the middle, the third on the inner margin before the anal angle, and the fourth on the costa beyond the third. The hindwings are yellow, with the apical fourth dark purple-fuscous.

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