Choreutis sexfasciella Sauber, 1902
 (one synonym : Simaethis emplecta Turner 1942)
CHOREUTINAE,   CHOREUTIDAE,   SESIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Choreutis sexfasciella
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
(listed as Choreutis emplecta)

The adults of this species have forewings with a complex pattern of orange, brown, white and grey. The hindwings are a plain brown. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

Choreutis sexfasciella
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found in

  • California,
  • Florida,
  • India,
  • Palestine,
  • Papeete, and
  • Taiwan,

    as well as across Australia, including :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Choreutis sexfasciella
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 22.

    Christian Johannes Amandus Sauber,
    Die Schmetterlinge der philippinischen Inseln. Beitrag zur indo-malayischen Lepidopteren-fauna,
    Grorg Semper (ed),
    Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen,
    Volume 2, Part 6 (1902), pp. 702-703.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Fragmenta Lepidopterologica,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 53 (1941), p. 93.

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    (updated 16 July 2008, 19 January 2026)