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Eretmocera cyanauges

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Scythrididae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eretmocera

Eretmocera cyanauges is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It was described by Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 14-17 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with a blue and purple sheen. There are four orange-yellow spots, the first on the dorsum at one-fourth, the second in the disc before the middle, the third on the tornus and the fourth on the costa at five-sixth. The hindwings are yellow.

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Eretmocera cyanauges Wikipedia