Checklist of Family Choreutidae Stainton, 1854 (Choreuitid Moths)
for Afrotropical (Ecozones)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 223
6836
56836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 223
6836
56836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 209
6731
56399 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 185
6589
56067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 83
4302
27836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 82
4295
27811 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 79
4286
27718 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 39
1642
8394 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
| 9
237
1029 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Choreutoidea
Minet, 1991
Metalmark Moths | 1
6
25 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Choreutidae
Stainton, 1854
Choreuitid Moths, Choreutid moths, Metal mark moths | 6
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Afrotropical
6 Genera with 25 Species
Species list for Afrotropical
25 Species | Brenthia dicentrota Meyrick, 1931 | | | Brenthia gamicopis Meyrick, 1930 | | | Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916 | | | Brenthia leucatoma Meyrick, 1918 | | | Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897 | | | Brenthia pleiadopa Meyrick, 1921 | | | Brenthia virginalis Meyrick, 1912 | | | Choreutis aegyptiaca Zeller, 1867 | | | Choreutis agelasta (Bradley, 1965) | ⇒ Tebenna agelasta Bradley, 1965 | | Choreutis argyrastra (Meyrick, 1932) | ⇒ Prochoreutis argyrastra Meyrick, 1932 | | Choreutis dryodora Meyrick, 1921 | | | Choreutis entechna Meyrick, 1920 | | | Choreutis gratiosa Meyrick, 1911 | | | Choreutis inspirata (Meyrick, 1916) | ⇒ Tebenna inspirata Meyrick, 1916 | | Choreutis irridens Meyrick, 1921 | | | Choreutis plectodes Meyrick, 1921 | | | Choreutis pychnomochla (Bradley, 1965) | ⇒ Tebenna pychnomochla Bradley, 1965 | | Choreutis quincyella Legrand, 1966 | | | Choreutis stereocrossa Meyrick, 1921 | | | Niveas agassizi Rota, 2013 | | | Tebenna dialecta Diakonoff, 1985 | | | Tebenna micalis Mann, 1857 | Small Thistle Moth | | Telosphrantis aethiopica Meyrick, 1932 | | | Trichocirca decaryanum (Viette, 1954) | ⇒ Ethmia decaryanum Viette, 1954 | | Trichocirca tyrota Meyrick, 1920 | |
Subnodes of Choreutidae with occurrences in Afrotropical
 | | Choreutidae (Stainton 1854) |
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