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Checklist of Superfamily Choreutoidea Minet, 1991 (Metalmark 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
 


List of families for Afrotropical
1 Family width 25 Species
Choreutidae Stainton, 1854Choreuitid Moths25SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Afrotropical
6 Genera with 25 Species
Brenthia Clemens, 1912Banyan Jumping-Moths7SpeciesTaxom
Choreutis Hübner, 192112SpeciesTaxom
Niveas Rota, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Tebenna Billberg, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Telosphrantis Meyrick, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Trichocirca Meyrick, 19202SpeciesTaxom


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, 1857Small Thistle Moth
Telosphrantis aethiopica Meyrick, 1932
Trichocirca decaryanum (Viette, 1954)⇒ Ethmia decaryanum Viette, 1954
Trichocirca tyrota Meyrick, 1920

Subnodes of Choreutoidea with occurrences in Afrotropical
FamilyChoreutidae
Stainton, 1854
Choreuitid Moths, Choreutid moths, Metal mark moths, Metalmark Moths
6
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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