Choreutis ophiosema (Lower, 1896) 霧紋桑舞蛾

霧紋桑舞蛾(Choreutis ophiosema)被歸屬於舞蛾科 / 擬捲葉蛾科(Choreutidae)，廣泛分布於印度、中國、日本、台灣、摩鹿加群島與澳洲東部。本種的前翅為黃褐色底，有許多黑色與銀色斑紋散佈；後翅為褐色，外緣靠臀角處、後緣與中室下方和前方有黃色斑。霧紋桑舞蛾被分類於ophiosema種群，是該種群中唯一的成員。霧紋桑舞蛾與雲紋桑舞蛾(Choreutis hyligenes)的翅紋模式與顏色很類似，但仍可以藉由以下特徵明確區分：1.前者臀角附近的黑色斑紋較發達；2.前者後翅的黃斑較發達。霧紋桑舞蛾於平地就可以見到，本圖中的個體攝於中山大學。

A Brief Introduction

Choreutis ophiosema represents the only species belonging to ophiosema species and looks similar to Choreutis hyligenes. But these two species could be identified by the following characters: 1.the former with more developed dark markings near tornus of forewing than the latter; 2. the former with more developed yellow markings of hindwing than the latter.