You can use the function wp_dropdown_categories() instead of wp_list_categories(), if you dont need to use the list function.
wp_dropdown_categories() seems to be working just like the list function. So first just try and replace these two functions.
$terms = wp_dropdown_categories( array( ...
Read about it in the codex here.
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