Description of Copromorphidae
Tropical fruitworm moths, family Copromorphidae, are a small family of 58 species, mostly tropical; actual fauna probably exceeds 100 species. Adults small to medium size (12–37 mm wingspan), with head somewhat smooth-scaled; haustellum naked; labial palpi prominent and porrect; maxilary palpi 3- to 4-segmented (rarely 1-segmented). Wing venation with forewing veins long and typically equidistant near the termen; wings typically rounded along forewing termen. Maculation mostly dull gray with dark markings, and many have forewing scale tufts. Adults nocturnal. Larvae are leaf feeders using a leaf web, or are borers (one feeds beneath bark), but few biologies are known. Host plants include Berberidaceae, Ericaceae, Moraceae, Podocarpaceae, and Rubiaceae.
