Choreutis

Choreutis
Fig-tree skeletonizer (C. nemorata)
imago visiting some flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Subfamily: Choreutinae
Genus: Choreutis
Hübner, [1825]
Type species
Phalaena pariana
Clerck, 1759
Synonyms
  • Hemerophila Hübner, 1806 (suppressed by ICZN Opinion 97)
  • Eutromula Frölich, 1828
  • Macropia Costa, 1836
  • Entomoloma Ragonot, 1875
  • Hemerophila Fernald, 1900 Preocc. (nec Hübner, 1817)
  • Orchemia Fernald, 1900 Preocc. (nec Guenée, 1945)
  • Choreutidia Sauber, 1902
  • Allononyma Busck, 1904

Choreutis is a genus of moths in the family of metalmark moths (Choreutidae), and therein to subfamily Choreutinae. Of these, it is the type genus. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.