Saptha smaragditis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Choreutidae |
Genus: | Saptha |
Species: | S. smaragditis |
Binomial name | |
Saptha smaragditis Meyrick, 1905 | |
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Saptha smaragditis is a moth in the family Choreutidae. [1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. [2]
Meyrick, 1905. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society16: 610-611 [2]
It is found in Sri Lanka; [3] [4] India; Sulawesi; [5] Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Borneo and Ambon (Maluku Islands, Indonesia). [6]
Unknown.
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]
The adult moths are both diurnal and nocturnal. [6]
The known temporal occurrence of each stage of the life cycle across the geographic distribution of S. smaragditis is as follows:
life stage | Sri Lanka | India | Myanmar | Thailand | Borneo | Sulawesi | Ambon |
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ovum | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
1st instar larva | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
2nd instar | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
3rd instar | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
4th instar | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
5th instar | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
pupa | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
imago | March, April Aug. & Sept. [7] | Nov. & Dec. [7] | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
possible voltinism | bivoltine | univoltine | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |