Scaeosopha chionoscia

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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S. chionoscia
Binomial name
Scaeosopha chionoscia
Meyrick, 1933

The wingspan is 14–17 mm.

The larvae have been reared on the fruits of Nauclea orientalis.[1]

References

  1. 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.


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