Choreutis metallica (Turner, 1898) (previously known as Simaethis metallica) CHOREUTINAE,   CHOREUTIDAE,   SESIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Debbie Bray, Charters Towers, Queensland)

The adults of this species have forewings with a pattern of shades of brown, and a sinuous silvery line winding across them. The hindwings are brown with orange patches. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Descriptions of new Microlepidoptera from Queensland,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 22 (1898), pp. 202-203.

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(updated 21 April 2009)