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Checklist for Superfamily Choreutoidea Minet, 1991 (Metalmark Moths)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
20
340
625
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
5
69
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Choreutoidea
Minet, 1991
Metalmark Moths
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nigeria
1 Family width 4 Species
Choreutidae Stainton, 1854Choreuitid Moths4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nigeria
3 Genera with 4 Species
Brenthia Clemens, 1897Banyan Jumping-Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Choreutis Hübner, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Tebenna Billberg, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
4 Species
Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897
Choreutis inspirata (Meyrick, 1916)⇒ Tebenna inspirata Meyrick, 1916
Choreutis ludifica Meyrick, 1914
Tebenna inspirata Meyrick, 1916

Subnodes of Choreutoidea with occurrences in Nigeria
FamilyChoreutidae
Stainton, 1854
Choreuitid Moths, Choreutid moths, Metal mark moths, Metalmark Moths
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Choreutoidea at artfakta.se
Choreutoidea at dyntaxa.se
Choreutoidea at itis.gov