:Hemerophila'' was also erroneously used by Fernald in 1900 for the related genus ''

Choreutis ''Choreutis'' is a moth genus. It belongs to the metalmark moths (family Choreutidae), and therein to subfamily Choreutinae. Of these, it is the type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological fami ...

. ''Hemerophila'' is a genus of

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 ...

s in 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 Yponomeutoidea in family Glyphipterigidae and in superfamily Sesioide ...

. A number of species was recently transferred to the genus '' Ornarantia''.

Species

*'' Hemerophila albertiana'' (Cramer, 1781) *'' Hemerophila arcigera'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Hemerophila diva'' (Riley, 1889) *'' Hemerophila felis'' Walsingham, 1914 *'' Hemerophila houttuinialis'' (Cramer, 1782) *'' Hemerophila milliaria'' (Meyrick, 1922) *'' Hemerophila musicosema'' (Meyrick, 1926) *'' Hemerophila orinympha'' (Meyrick, 1926) *'' Hemerophila triacmias'' (Meyrick, 1926)

Former species

*'' Hemerophila biferana'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Hemerophila bigerana'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Hemerophila canofusana'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Hemerophila chorica'' (Meyrick, 1926) *'' Hemerophila cinctipes'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Hemerophila contrariana'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Hemerophila contubernalis'' (Zeller, 1877) *'' Hemerophila dyari'' Busck, 1900 *'' Hemerophila gradella'' Walsingham, 1914 *'' Hemerophila immarginata'' Walsingham, 1914 *'' Hemerophila laciniosella'' Busck, 1914 *'' Hemerophila merratella'' Busck, 1914 *'' Hemerophila ophiodesma'' (Meyrick, 1915) *'' Hemerophila rimulalis'' (Zeller, 1875) *'' Hemerophila scenophora'' (Meyrick, 1922) *'' Hemerophila tristis'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Hemerophila velatana'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Hemerophila xutholopa'' Walsingham, 1914

External links

choreutidae.lifedesks.org
Choreutidae {{choreutidae-stub