''Choreutis'' is a

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. It belongs to the metalmark moths (

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Choreutidae), and therein to subfamily Choreutinae. Of these, it is the

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. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Species

*'' Choreutis achyrodes'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis aegyptiaca'' (Zeller, 1867) *'' Choreutis agelasta'' Bradley, 1965 *'' Choreutis amethystodes'' (Meyrick, 1914) *'' Choreutis angulosa'' iakonoff 1968 *'' Choreutis anthorma'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis antichlora'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis antiptila'' Meyrick, 1912 *'' Choreutis argoxantha'' (Meyrick, 1934) *'' Choreutis argyrota'' Meyrick 1912 *'' Choreutis argyrastra'' Meyrick, 1932 *'' Choreutis atrosignata'' (Christoph, 1888) *'' Choreutis basalis'' (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Choreutis bathysema'' (Diakonoff, 1978) *'' Choreutis betuliperda'' (Dyar, 1902) *'' Choreutis caradjai'' Diakonoff, 1984 *'' Choreutis chalcotoxa'' (Meyrick, 1886) *'' Choreutis chelaspis'' (Meyrick, 1928) *'' Choreutis chi'' (Durrant, 1915) *'' Choreutis collapsa'' (Meyrick, 1934) *'' Choreutis cothurnata'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis cunuligera'' Diakonoff, 1978 *'' Choreutis cyanogramma'' (Diakonoff & Arita, 1979) *'' Choreutis cyanotoxa'' (Meyrick, 1907) *'' Choreutis diana'' – Diana's choreutis moth *'' Choreutis dichlora'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis diplogramma'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis dryodora'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis emplecta'' *'' Choreutis entechna'' (Meyrick, 1920) *'' Choreutis equatoris'' *'' Choreutis euclista'' (Meyrick, 1918) *'' Choreutis eumetra'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis falsifica'' (Meyrick, 1927) *'' Choreutis flavimaculata'' *'' Choreutis gratiosa'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Choreutis holachyrma'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis hyligenes'' (Butler, 1879) *'' Choreutis ialeura'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis inscriptana'' (Snellen, 1875) *'' Choreutis inspirata'' Meyrick, 1916 *'' Choreutis irimochla'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis irridens'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis itriodes'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis japonica'' (Zeller, 1877) *'' Choreutis lethaea'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis limonias'' *'' Choreutis ludifica'' (Meyrick, 1914) *'' Choreutis lutescens'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Choreutis marzoccai'' Pastrana, 1991 *'' Choreutis melanopepla'' *'' Choreutis melophaga'' (Meyrick, 1931) *'' Choreutis mesolyma'' (Diakonoff, 1978) *'' Choreutis metallica'' *'' Choreutis minuta'' (Diakonoff & Arita, 1979) *'' Choreutis montana'' *'' Choreutis nemorana'' – fig-tree skeletonizer, fig leaf roller *'' Choreutis niphocrypta'' (Meyrick, 1930) *'' Choreutis novarae'' C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 *'' Choreutis obarata'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis ophiosema'' (Lower, 1896) *'' Choreutis optica'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis ornaticornis'' (Walsingham, 1900) *'' Choreutis orthogona'' (Meyrick, 1886) *'' Choreutis pariana'' – apple-and-thorn skeletonizer, apple leaf skeletonizer *'' Choreutis parva'' (Pagenstecher, 1884) *'' Choreutis pelargodes'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis pentacyba'' Meyrick, 1926 *'' Choreutis periploca'' *'' Choreutis piepersiana'' (Snellen, 1885) *'' Choreutis plectodes'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis plumbealis'' (Pagenstecher, 1884) *'' Choreutis porphyratma'' (Meyrick, 1930) *'' Choreutis psilachyra'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis pychnomochla'' Bradley, 1965 *'' Choreutis quincyella'' (Legrand, 1965) *'' Choreutis sandaracina'' (Meyrick, 1907) *'' Choreutis semicincta'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis sexfasciella'' (Sauber, 1902) *'' Choreutis simplex'' Diakonoff, 1955 *'' Choreutis stereocrossa'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis strepsidesma'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis streptatma'' Meyrick, 1938 *'' Choreutis submarginalis'' (Walker) *'' Choreutis sycopola'' *'' Choreutis taprobanes'' (Zeller, 1877) *'' Choreutis tigroides'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Choreutis tomicodes'' (Meyrick, 1930) *'' Choreutis topitis'' (Durrant, 1915) *'' Choreutis torridula'' (Meyrick, 1926) *'' Choreutis tricyanitis'' (Meyrick, 1925) *'' Choreutis trogalia'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis turilega'' *'' Choreutis vinosa'' (Diakonoff, 1978) *'' Choreutis xanthogramma'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Choreutis yakushimensis'' (Marumo, 1923)

External links

choreutidae.lifedesks.org
* Choreutidae Taxa named by Carl Alexander Clerck {{Choreutidae-stub