Scaeosopha chionoscia is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Brunei and on Java.
Scaeosopha chionoscia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Scaeosopha |
Species: | S. chionoscia
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Binomial name | |
Scaeosopha chionoscia Meyrick, 1933
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The wingspan is 14–17 mm.
The larvae have been reared on the fruits of Nauclea orientalis.[1]
References
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- ^ Li, H.; Zhang, Z.; Sinev, S.Yu, 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa, 3322: 1-34.