Eretmocera monophaea: taxon details and analytics

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

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Eretmocera monophaea

Eretmocera monophaea is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Namibia and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, suffusedly and irregularly clouded grey with a faint pinkish tinge, sometimes with a whitish spot on the costa al three-fourths and with some whitish scales near the apex. The hindwings are grey.

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