''Chrysopeleia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...

. The genus was erected by

Vactor Tousey Chambers Vactor Tousey Chambers (commonly V. T. Chambers) (6 August 1830, Burlington, Kentucky – 7 August 1883, in Covington, Kentucky) was an American entomologist who specialized in Microlepidoptera. He along with James Brackenridge Clemens, was a pion ...

in 1874.

Species

*'' Chrysopeleia purpuriella'' Chambers, 1874 *'' Chrysopeleia quadricristatela'' Chambers, 1880

References

Chrysopeleiinae Cosmopterigidae genera Taxa named by Vactor Tousey Chambers {{Chrysopeleiinae-stub