Saptha smaragditis

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Saptha smaragditis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Saptha
Species:
S. smaragditis
Binomial name
Saptha smaragditis
Meyrick, 1905
Synonyms
  • Tortyra centrifugaMeyrick, 1912
  • Tortyra smaragditisMeyrick, 1912

Saptha smaragditis is a moth in the family Choreutidae. [1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. [2]

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Description

Original Description

Meyrick, 1905. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society16: 610-611 [2]

Distribution

It is found in Sri Lanka; [3] [4] India; Sulawesi; [5] Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Borneo and Ambon (Maluku Islands, Indonesia). [6]

Ecology

Larval Host Plant

Unknown.

Habitat

Observations of adult moths from Sri Lanka in 2011 & 2021 were from forest fragments in urban areas. The elevational range is lowland to montane (1500m). [6]

Activity

The adult moths are both diurnal and nocturnal. [6]

Phenology

The known temporal occurrence of each stage of the life cycle across the geographic distribution of S. smaragditis is as follows:

life stageSri LankaIndiaMyanmarThailandBorneoSulawesiAmbon
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imago March, April
Aug. & Sept. [7] 		Nov. & Dec. [7] no datano datano datano datano data
possible voltinism bivoltineunivoltineno datano datano datano datano data

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Not evaluated (NE).

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Saptha smaragditis Meyrick, 1905". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1982). "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16: 580–619 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  4. ↑ Choreutidae.myspecies.info
  5. ↑ Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  6. 1 2 3 Robinson, Gaden S.; Tuck, Kevin R.; Shaffer, Michael (1994). A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia. London, U.K.: The Natural History Museum. p. 308. ISBN   978-9839681130.
  7. 1 2 Clarke, J.F.Gates (1969). Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick (volume 6). London, U.K.: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). p. 537. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.68439.


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