Saptha smaragditis is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.
Meyrick, 1905. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 610-611
It is found in Sri Lanka; India; Sulawesi; Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Borneo and Ambon (Maluku Islands, Indonesia).
Unknown.
Observations of adult moths from Sri Lanka in 2011 & 2021 were from forest fragments in urban areas. The elevational range is lowland to montane (1500m).
The adult moths are both diurnal and nocturnal.
The known temporal occurrence of each stage of the life cycle across the geographic distribution of S. smaragditis is as follows: