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Checklist for Superfamily Choreutoidea Minet, 1991 (Metalmark Moths)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
1719
4069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
1717
4067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
66
1715
4064
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
34
588
1550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
7
40
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Choreutoidea
Minet, 1991
Metalmark Moths
1
6
25
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sri Lanka
1 Family width 25 Species
Choreutidae (Stainton, 1854)Choreuitid Moths25SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sri Lanka
6 Genera with 25 Species
Brenthia Clemens, 1982Banyan Jumping-Moths8SpeciesTaxom
Choreutis Hübner, 187713SpeciesTaxom
Litobrenthia Diakonoff, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Prochoreutis Diakonoff & ..., 17761SpeciesTaxom
Saptha Walker, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Tebenna Billberg, 1820
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
25 Species
Brenthia buthusalis Walker, 1863
Brenthia catenata Meyrick, 1907
Brenthia cyanaula Meyrick, 1912
Brenthia dendronympha Meyrick, 1937
Brenthia diplotaphra Meyrick, 1938
Brenthia elachista Walsingham, 1900
Brenthia entoma Diakonoff, 1982
Brenthia thoracosema Diakonoff, 1982
Choreutis achyrodes Meyrick, 1932
Choreutis euclista Meyrick, 1918
Choreutis fulminea Meyrick, 1912
Choreutis ialeura Meyrick, 1912
Choreutis ophiosem
Choreutis ophiosema Lower, 1896Metalmark Moth
Choreutis orthogona Meyrick, 1886
Choreutis phalaraspis (Meyrick, 1923)⇒ Prochoreutis sehestediana Fabricius, 1776
Choreutis philonyma (Meyrick, 1912)⇒ Prochoreutis sehestediana Fabricius, 1776
Choreutis psilachyra Meyrick, 1912
Choreutis sexfasciella Sauber, 1902
Choreutis sexfascielle Sauber, 1902
Choreutis taprobanes Zeller, 1877
Litobrenthia cyanaula (Meyrick, 1912)⇒ Brenthia entoma Diakonoff, 1982
Prochoreutis sehestediana Fabricius, 1776Silver-dot Metal-mark
Saptha elegans Walsingham, 1900
Saptha smaragditis Meyrick, 1905

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

Taxom



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