Choreutis ophiosema
Appearance
Choreutis ophiosema | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Choreutidae |
Genus: | Choreutis |
Species: | C. ophiosema
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Binomial name | |
Choreutis ophiosema (Lower, 1896)
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ "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 (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 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.
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- 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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