Choreutis achyrodes is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is known from China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan), Japan (Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands), India (Assam) and the Oriental region.[4]
| Choreutis achyrodes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Choreutidae |
| Genus: | Choreutis |
| Species: | C. achyrodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Choreutis achyrodes | |
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The wingspan is 10–15 mm.
The larvae feed on Ficus wightiana.
References
edit- ^ a b Meyrick, Edward (1912). "Simaethis achyrodes, n. sp.". Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 46.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Matsumura, Shōnen (1931). Nihon konchū daizukan 日本昆虫大図鑑 [6000 Illustrated Insects of Japan-Empire]. Tokyo. p. 1080.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 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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