''Choreutis'' is a
moth genus. It belongs to the
metalmark moths (
family Choreutidae), and therein to
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Choreutinae. Of these, it is the
type genus. The genus was described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1825.
Species
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Choreutis achyrodes
''Choreutis achyrodes'' is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is known from China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan), Japan (Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands), India
(Assam) and the Oriental region.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bi ...
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(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis aegyptiaca
''Choreutis aegyptiaca'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in the India, Nepal, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt, La Réunion, Nepal, Oman, Uganda, Namibia and South Africa.
The larvae have be ...
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(Zeller, 1867)
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Choreutis agelasta''
Bradley, 1965
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Choreutis amethystodes
''Choreutis amethystodes'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in the Philippines, Taiwan and on the Ryukyu Islands and Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Grea ...
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(Meyrick, 1914)
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Choreutis angulosa''
iakonoff 1968
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Choreutis anthorma''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis antichlora''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis antiptila
''Choreutis antiptila'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Hainan province of China, Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( n ...
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Meyrick, 1912
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Choreutis argoxantha''
(Meyrick, 1934)
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Choreutis argyrota
''Choreutis argyrota'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak Rive ...
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Meyrick 1912
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Choreutis argyrastra''
Meyrick, 1932
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Choreutis atrosignata
''Choreutis atrosignata'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1888. It is found in the Russian Far East (Ussuri), Japan and China.Choreutis basalis
''Choreutis basalis'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in eastern Queensland, from Cape York to Yeppoon. It is also present in New Guinea and Indonesia.
Adults have dark brown wings. Each fore wing has a yellow bar acro ...
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(R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
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Choreutis bathysema
''Choreutis bathysema'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1978. It is found in Yunnan, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's ...
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(Diakonoff, 1978)
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Choreutis betuliperda''
(Dyar, 1902)
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Choreutis caradjai
''Choreutis caradjai'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1984. It is found in Yunnan, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's m ...
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Diakonoff, 1984
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Choreutis chalcotoxa''
(Meyrick, 1886)
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Choreutis chelaspis''
(Meyrick, 1928)
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Choreutis chi
''Choreutis chi'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by John Hartley Durrant in 1915. It is found in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the In ...
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(Durrant, 1915)
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Choreutis collapsa''
(Meyrick, 1934)
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Choreutis cothurnata''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis cunuligera''
Diakonoff, 1978
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Choreutis cyanogramma''
(Diakonoff & Arita, 1979)
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Choreutis cyanotoxa''
(Meyrick, 1907)
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Choreutis diana
''Choreutis diana'', Diana's choreutis moth, is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in northern North America and most of Europe. It was first described by the German entomologist, Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Description
The wingspan ...
'' – Diana's choreutis moth
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Choreutis dichlora''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis diplogramma''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis dryodora''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis emplecta''
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Choreutis entechna''
(Meyrick, 1920)
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Choreutis equatoris''
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Choreutis euclista
''Choreutis euclista'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA convention ...
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(Meyrick, 1918)
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Choreutis eumetra''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis falsifica''
(Meyrick, 1927)
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Choreutis flavimaculata''
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Choreutis gratiosa
''Choreutis gratiosa'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in the Seychelles and South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the ...
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(Meyrick, 1911)
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Choreutis holachyrma''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis hyligenes''
(Butler, 1879)
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Choreutis ialeura
''Choreutis ialeura'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in China, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Mauritius.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Malus pumila
An apple is a ...
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(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis inscriptana''
(Snellen, 1875)
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Choreutis inspirata''
Meyrick, 1916
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Choreutis irimochla''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis irridens''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis itriodes
''Choreutis itriodes'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak Riv ...
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(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis japonica''
(Zeller, 1877)
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Choreutis lethaea''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis limonias''
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Choreutis ludifica''
(Meyrick, 1914)
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Choreutis lutescens''
(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
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Choreutis marzoccai''
Pastrana, 1991
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Choreutis melanopepla''
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Choreutis melophaga
''Choreutis melophaga'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest countr ...
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(Meyrick, 1931)
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Choreutis mesolyma''
(Diakonoff, 1978)
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Choreutis metallica''
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Choreutis minuta''
(Diakonoff & Arita, 1979)
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Choreutis montana''
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Choreutis nemorana'' – fig-tree skeletonizer, fig leaf roller
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Choreutis niphocrypta''
(Meyrick, 1930)
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Choreutis novarae''
C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
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Choreutis obarata''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis ophiosema
''Choreutis ophiosema'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1896. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Amoy, the Moluccas, eastern Australia (the Northern Territory and Queensland) ...
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(Lower, 1896)
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Choreutis optica''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis ornaticornis''
(Walsingham, 1900)
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Choreutis orthogona
''Choreutis orthogona'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Celebes and New Guinea.
The larval host plant is ''Psoralea corylifolia
''Psoralea corylifolia ...
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(Meyrick, 1886)
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Choreutis pariana
''Choreutis pariana'', the apple-and-thorn skeletonizer or apple leaf skeletonizer, is a moth of the family Choreutidae. The moth was first described by the Swedish entomologist Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759. It is native to Eurasia and was intr ...
'' – apple-and-thorn skeletonizer, apple leaf skeletonizer
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Choreutis parva''
(Pagenstecher, 1884)
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Choreutis pelargodes''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis pentacyba''
Meyrick, 1926
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Choreutis periploca''
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Choreutis piepersiana''
(Snellen, 1885)
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Choreutis plectodes''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis plumbealis''
(Pagenstecher, 1884)
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Choreutis porphyratma''
(Meyrick, 1930)
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Choreutis psilachyra''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis pychnomochla''
Bradley, 1965
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Choreutis quincyella''
(Legrand, 1965)
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Choreutis sandaracina''
(Meyrick, 1907)
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Choreutis semicincta''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis sexfasciella''
(Sauber, 1902)
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Choreutis simplex''
Diakonoff, 1955
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Choreutis stereocrossa
''Choreutis stereocrossa'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae
Choreutidae, or metalmark moths, are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order whose relationships have been long disputed. It was placed previously in the supe ...
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(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis strepsidesma''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis streptatma''
Meyrick, 1938
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Choreutis submarginalis''
(Walker)
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Choreutis sycopola''
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Choreutis taprobanes''
(Zeller, 1877)
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Choreutis tigroides''
(Meyrick, 1921)
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Choreutis tomicodes''
(Meyrick, 1930)
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Choreutis topitis''
(Durrant, 1915)
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Choreutis torridula''
(Meyrick, 1926)
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Choreutis tricyanitis''
(Meyrick, 1925)
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Choreutis trogalia''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis turilega''
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Choreutis vinosa''
(Diakonoff, 1978)
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Choreutis xanthogramma''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis yakushimensis''
(Marumo, 1923)
External links
choreutidae.lifedesks.org*
Choreutidae
Taxa named by Carl Alexander Clerck
{{Choreutidae-stub