Saptha smaragditis explained

Saptha smaragditis is a moth in the family Choreutidae.^[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.^[2]

Description

Original Description

Meyrick, 1905. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 610-611 ^[2]

Distribution

It is found in Sri Lanka;^{[3] [4]} India; Sulawesi;^[5] Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Borneo and Ambon (Maluku Islands, Indonesia).^[6]

Ecology

Larval Host Plant

Unknown.

Habitat

Observations of adult moths from Sri Lanka in 2011 & 2021 were from forest fragments in urban areas. The elevational range is lowland to montane (1500m).^[6]

Activity

The adult moths are both diurnal and nocturnal.^[6]

Phenology

The known temporal occurrence of each stage of the life cycle across the geographic distribution of S. smaragditis is as follows:

life stage	Sri Lanka	India	Myanmar	Thailand	Borneo	Sulawesi	Ambon
ovum	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
1st instar larva	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
2nd instar	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
3rd instar	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
4th instar	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
5th instar	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
pupa	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
imago	March, April Aug. & Sept.^[7]	Nov. & Dec.	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
possible voltinism	bivoltine	univoltine	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List

Not evaluated (NE).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Details: Saptha smaragditis Meyrick, 1905 . Catalogue of Life . 29 July 2018.
2. Meyrick . E. . 1982 . Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera . Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 16 . 580–619 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. 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 . Academia.
4. http://choreutidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/237 Choreutidae.myspecies.info
5. Diakonoff . A. . 1982 . On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) . Zoologische Verhandelingen . 193 . 1–124 . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
6. Book: Robinson . Gaden S. . Tuck . Kevin R. . Shaffer . Michael . A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia . 1994 . The Natural History Museum . London, U.K. . 978-9839681130 . 308.
7. Book: Clarke . J.F.Gates . Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick (volume 6) . 1969 . Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) . London, U.K. . 10.5962/bhl.title.68439 . 537 .