''Nannopterix choreutes'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Micropterigidae Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about twenty living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of lepidoptera (Kristense ...

. It is known from

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, from the Table Unio south to Rivière Bleue.Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand
/ref> The forewing length is 2.4 mm for males. The forewing ground colour is uniform. There is a narrow brown costal streak and another slightly broader brown anal streak. Furthermore, a small brown patch of scales and an irregular area of brown scales in the apex. The fringes are ochreous except for a tuft of brown scales. The hindwing is pale ochreous with ochreous fringes.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Greek ''choreutai'' (the dancers who took part in a troupe of singers or dancers) and refers to the graceful flying behaviour of this tiny golden moth, as it flits around on the forest floor, amongst the dead leaves.

References

Micropterigidae Moths described in 2010 {{Micropterigidae-stub