Scaeosopha chionoscia

Scaeosopha chionoscia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Scaeosopha
Species: S. chionoscia
Binomial name
Scaeosopha chionoscia
Meyrick, 1933

Scaeosopha chionoscia is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Brunei and on Java.

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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