Choreutis ophiosema

Choreutis ophiosema is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1896.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] China, Taiwan, Amoy, the Moluccas, eastern Australia (the Northern Territory and Queensland) and Japan.

Choreutis ophiosema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Choreutidae
Genus:
Choreutis
Species:
C. ophiosema
Binomial name
Choreutis ophiosema
(Lower, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Simaethis ophiosema Lower, 1896
  • Anthophila ophiosema
  • Eutromula ophiosema
  • Anthophila regularis Pagenstecher, 1884

The wingspan is about 10 mm. Adults have forewings and hindwings with a complex pattern of orange and brown.

Larvae feed on Bambusa species.[3]

References
  1. "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.


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