Eretmocera medinella

Eretmocera medinella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1859.[1] It is found in Spain, Sardinia, Russia[2] and Turkey (Erzurum and Igdir Provinces).[3]

Eretmocera medinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Scythrididae
Genus:
Eretmocera
Species:
E. medinella
Binomial name
Eretmocera medinella
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Staintonia medinella Staudinger, 1859

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Suaeda species.

References
  1. Eretmocera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Eretmocera medinella (Staudinger) (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae), a Species New to Turkey
  4. lepiforum.de


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