Eretmocera laetissima is a moth of the family Scythrididae. This species is known from Gambia, Congo, Comoros, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and South Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Eretmocera |
| Species: | E. laetissima
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| Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852
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Biology
editThe larvae feed on Alternanthera achyrantoides (Amaranthaceae) and Clerodendrum sp. (Verbenaceae).[2]
References
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