Choreutis tomicodes

Choreutis tomicodes is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found on the Solomon Islands.[1]

Choreutis tomicodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Choreutidae
Genus:
Choreutis
Species:
C. tomicodes
Binomial name
Choreutis tomicodes
(Meyrick, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Simaethis tomicodes Meyrick, 1930
  • Anthophila tomicodes

The wingspan is about 14 mm. Adults are similar to Choreutis cyanotoxa, but differ in the absence of the detached dorsal segment of the second blue line of the forewings, which ends at two-thirds from the costa and is connected with the dorsum by a zigzag black line not found in C. cyanotoxa. Both blue lines are terminated on the costal edge with whitish and the blue discal mark touches the second blue line with its lower end.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anthophila tomicodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4: 5.


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