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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
3730
13310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
3727
13306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
3725
13304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
37
939
2391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
9
165
429
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Choreutoidea
Minet, 1991
Metalmark Moths
1
4
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Africa
1 Family width 11 Species
Choreutidae Stainton, 1854Choreuitid Moths11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Africa
4 Genera with 11 Species
Brenthia Clemens, 1921Banyan Jumping-Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Choreutis Hübner, 19266SpeciesTaxom
Tebenna Billberg, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Tortyra Walker, 19142SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
11 Species
Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897
Brenthia pleiadopa Meyrick, 1921
Choreutis dryodora Meyrick, 1921
Choreutis inspirata (Meyrick, 1916)⇒ Tebenna inspirata Meyrick, 1916
Choreutis irridens Meyrick, 1921
Choreutis ludifica Meyrick, 1914
Choreutis stereocrossa Meyrick, 1921
Choreutis torridula Meyrick, 1926
Tebenna inspirata Meyrick, 1916
Tortyra caracasiae Amsel, 1956
Tortyra chalcodes Walsingham, 1914

Subnodes of Choreutoidea with occurrences in West Africa
FamilyChoreutidae
Stainton, 1854
Choreuitid Moths, Choreutid moths, Metal mark moths, Metalmark Moths
4
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



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