Biology:Recurvaria eromene

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Short description: Species of moth

Recurvaria eromene
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Recurvaria
Species:
R. eromene
Binomial name
Recurvaria eromene
(Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia eromene Walsingham, 1897
  • Taygete eromene

Recurvaria eromene is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Saint Thomas, Saint Croix[1] and Puerto Rico.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, somewhat shaded with chestnut-brown along the middle and with an elongate black costal spot at the base with a smaller one immediately beneath it. There is also a small triangular costal spot before the middle, almost connected with two others placed obliquely beneath it, extending backward to the dorsum. A larger black triangular costal spot is located before the commencement of the costal cilia. There is also a slender black streak on the dorsum, beneath and before it, a little beyond the middle, not leaving the margin. There is a terminal series of small groups of black scales at the base of the greyish-ochreous cilia. The hindwings are shining, pale grey.

The larvae feed on Bromelia pinguin.[2]

References

  1. Recurvaria at funet
  2. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 64 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q20817959 entry