Choreutis ophiosema

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;

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.

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[]

^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
^ 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.
^ 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.

Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (25 October 2008). "Choreutis ophiosema (Lower, 1896)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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