Choreutis achyrodes

Choreutis achyrodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Choreutis
Species: C. achyrodes
Binomial name
Choreutis achyrodes
(Meyrick, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Simaethis achyrodes Meyrick, 1912[1]
  • Simaethis albifascialis Marumo, 1923[2]
  • Simaethis kochiensis Matsumura, 1931[3]

Choreutis achyrodes is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan), Japan (Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands), India (Assam) and the Oriental region.[4]

The wingspan is 10–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Ficus wightiana.

References

  1. 1 2 Meyrick, Edward (1912). "Simaethis achyrodes, n. sp.". Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 46.
  2. ↑ Marumo, Nobukatsu (1923). "List of Lepidoptera of the Islands Tanegashima and Yakushima". Journal of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University of Tokyo. 8 (2): 199.
  3. ↑ Matsumura, Shōnen (1931). Nihon konchū daizukan 日本昆虫大図鑑 [6000 Illustrated Insects of Japan-Empire]. Tokyo. p. 1080.
  4. ↑ Budashkin, Yu I.; Li, H. H. (2009). "Study on Chinese Acrolepiidae and Choreutidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 37 (146): 182. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-08-07.


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