Eretmocera laetissima

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Eretmocera laetissima
Pl.2-13- Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852.JPG
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E. laetissima
Binomial name
Eretmocera laetissima
Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
  • Exodomorpha divisella Walker, Walker, 1864

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

The larvae feed on Alternanthera achyrantoides (Amaranthaceae) and Clerodendrum sp. (Verbenaceae).[2]

References

  1. ^ afromoths
  2. ^ Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero 2007. Scythrididae. – In: Heppner, J. B. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) fascicule 44. - — 3(44):1–85.

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