Bug FAQChoreutis sexfasciella
Choreutis sexfasciella · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Choreutidae
Choreutis sexfasciella naturally occurs in parts of Asia and Australia, including Sri Lanka, Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines, Java and Australia. It has been introduced to the United States, where it is now found in California and Florida.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The moth is sometimes listed under the name Choreutis emplecta in older literature.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
In its natural range the species lives in the regions listed above and has also established populations in California and Florida.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Florida.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: introduced in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
What other name does this moth go by?
It is often called Choreutis emplecta in the literature.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Choreutidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreutis_sexfasciella
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.