Choreutis ophiosema explained

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.

Larvae feed on Bambusa species.^[3]

External links

• Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp . 25 October 2008 . Choreutis ophiosema (Lower, 1896) . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 5 October 2018.
• Images at Ozanimals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory . Environment.gov.au . 2011-12-19.
2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . 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 . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.