This is a list of moths of the family
Choreutidae that are found in
India. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full
List of moths of India.
[http://choreutidae.lifedesks.org/taxa?page=4 choreutidae.lifedesks.org]
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Anthophila cothurnata''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Anthophila dichlora''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Anthophila diplogramma''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Anthophila eumetra''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Anthophila fabriciana
''Anthophila fabriciana'', also known as the common nettle-tap, is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described in 1767 by Carl Linnaeus. The moth can be found flying around stinging nettles during the day.
Distribution
This species can b ...
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(Linnaeus, 1767)
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Anthophila halimora''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Anthophila holachyrma''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Anthophila lethaea''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Anthophila oreina
''Anthophila oreina'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1979. It is found in Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th centur ...
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Diakonoff, 1979
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Anthophila sandaracina''
(Meyrick, 1907)
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Anthophila strepsidesma''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Anthophila trogalia''
Meyrick (Meyrick, 1912)
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Brenthia ardens
''Brenthia ardens'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae
Choreutidae, or metalmark moths, are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order whose relationships have been long disputed. It was placed previously in the superfamily ...
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Meyrick, 1912
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Brenthia buthusalis
''Brenthia buthusalis'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka and India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is th ...
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(Walker, 1863)
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Brenthia catenata
''Brenthia catenata'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, an ...
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Meyrick, 1907
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Brenthia dendronympha
''Brenthia dendronympha'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. It is found in India.
References
Brenthia
Moths described in 1937
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Meyrick 1937
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Brenthia luminifera''
Meyrick, 1912
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Choreutis aegyptiaca
''Choreutis aegyptiaca'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in the India, Nepal, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt, La Réunion, Nepal, Oman, Uganda, Namibia and South Africa.
The larvae have be ...
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(Zeller, 1867)
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Choreutis achyrodes
''Choreutis achyrodes'' is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is known from China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan), Japan (Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands), India
(Assam) and the Oriental region.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bi ...
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(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis euclista
''Choreutis euclista'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA convention ...
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(Meyrick, 1918)
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Choreutis ialeura
''Choreutis ialeura'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in China, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Mauritius.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Malus pumila
An apple is a ...
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(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis itriodes
''Choreutis itriodes'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak Riv ...
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(Meyrick, 1912)
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Choreutis melophaga
''Choreutis melophaga'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest countr ...
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(Meyrick, 1931)
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Choreutis ophiosema
''Choreutis ophiosema'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1896. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Amoy, the Moluccas, eastern Australia (the Northern Territory and Queensland) ...
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(Lower, 1896)
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Choreutis orthogona
''Choreutis orthogona'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Celebes and New Guinea.
The larval host plant is ''Psoralea corylifolia
''Psoralea corylifolia ...
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(Meyrick, 1886)
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Litobrenthia carola
''Brenthia carola'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Assam, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh- ...
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(Meyrick, 1912)
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Litobrenthia coronigera
''Brenthia coronigera'', commonly known as the metalmark moth, is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in the Bengal region of what was British India.
The adult moth is a mimic of p ...
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(Meyrick, 1918)
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Peotyle atmodesma
''Peotyle atmodesma'' is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, t ...
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(Meyrick, 1933)
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Prochoreutis halimora''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Prochoreutis hestiarcha''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Prochoreutis sehestediana''
(Fabricius, 1776)
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Tebenna bjerkandrella''
(Thunberg, 1784)
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Tebenna bradleyi''
Clarke, 1971
References
{{Butterflies and moths of India
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