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Choreutidae
"Nettle-tap Moth"
"Nettle-tap Moth"
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Infraorder: Heteroneura
(unranked) Ditrysia
Superfamily: Choreutoidea
Family: Choreutidae
Stainton, 1854
Diversity
402 species
Subfamilies and Genus

Millieriinae

  • Millieria Ragonot, 1874
  • Phormoestes Heppner, 1982
  • Nyx Heppner, 1982

Brenthiinae

  • Brenthia Clemens, 1860
    • =Microaethia Chambers, 1878
  • Litobrenthia Diakonoff 1978

Choreutinae

  • Anthophila Haworth [1811]
  • Asterivora Dugdale, 1979
  • Caloreas Heppner, 1977
  • Choreutis Hübner [1825]
    • =Choreutidia Sauber, 1902
    • =Hemerophila Fernald, 1900
    • =Allononyma Busck, 1904
    • =Macropia Costa, 1836
  • Hemerophila Hübner [1817]
  • ?Melanoxena Dognin, 1910
  • Peotyle Diakonoff, 1978
  • Prochoreutis Heppner, 1981
  • Rhobonda Walker, 1863
  • Saptha Walker, 1864
    • =Badera Walker, 1866
    • =Chordates Snellen, 1877
  • Tebenna Billberg, 1820
    • =Porpe Hübner, 1825
  • Telosphrantis Meyrick, 1932
  • Tortyra Walker, 1863
    • =Choregia Zeller, 1877
    • =Walsinghamia Riley, 1889
  • Zodia Heppner, 1879

Choreutidae, or "metalmark moths," are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order whose relationships have been long disputed. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Glossata is the Suborder of the Insect order Lepidoptera that includes all the Superfamilies of moths and butterflies that have a coilable Heteroneura is a natural group (or Clade) in the Insect order Lepidoptera that comprises over 99% of all butterflies and The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of Insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and Moths This is a list of the Diversity of the Lepidoptera showing the estimated number of genera and species described for each superfamily and where available family A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Family denotes a group of People affiliated by consanguinity affinity or co-residence Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used It was placed previously in the superfamily Yponomeutoidea in family Glyphipterigidae and in superfamily Sesioidea. Taxonomic rank ( rank, category, taxonomic category is an abstract term used in the Scientific classification, or Taxonomy, of organisms Yponomeutoidea is the Superfamily of Ermine Moths and Relatives Familiae Acrolepiidae Bedelliidae Sesioidea is the superfamily currently containing clearwing moths ( Sesiidae) castniid moths ( Castniidae) and little bear moths ( Brachodidae) It is now considered to represent its own superfamily (Minet, 1986). The relationship of the family to the other lineages in the group "Apoditrysia" [1] need a new assessment, especially with new molecular data.

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Distribution

The moths occur worldwide, with 19 genera in three subfamilies defined by the structural characteristics of the immature stages (larvae and pupae), rather than the characters of the adults (Heppner and Duckworth, 1981; Rota, 2005). In Biological classification, family ( Latin

Behaviour

These small moths often bear metallic scales[2] and are mostly day-flying (some also come to lights), with a jerky, pivoting behaviour, and may fluff up their wings at an extreme angle. In most biological nomenclature a scale ( Greek lepid, Latin squama) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an Animal Some tropical exemplars such as the genus Saptha are quite spectacular, with bright green metallic bands[3]. The members of the genus Brenthia, usually placed in their own subfamily Brenthiinae, have eyespots on the wings and have been shown to mimic jumping spiders (Rota and Wagner, 2006). In Biological classification, family ( Latin An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking They are found on butterflies reptiles and birds

Larval hostplants

Most species skeletonize leaves often among silken webbing[4] whereas the western Palaearctic Millieria are leaf miners on the plant genus Aristolochia. The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight Ecozones dividing the Earth surface Leaf miner is a term used to describe the Larvae of many different species of Insect which live in and eat the Leaf tissue of plants A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Aristolochia is a large Plant Genus with over 500 Species. Collectively known as birthworts, pipevines or Other Millieriinae (a subfamily defined mainly on larval characters) feed on palms (the genus Phormoestes on Sabal), whilst that of the Chilean genus Nyx is unknown. A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example Sabal is a genus of New World palms many of the species being known as Palmetto. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the In Greek mythology, Nyx ( Nox in Roman translation was the primordial Goddess of the night The foodplants of many Choreutinae occurring in the temperate region and some tropical species are known[5], being dominated by Asteraceae, Betulaceae, Boraginaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Fabaceae, Labiatae, Moraceae (mainly Ficus), Rosaceae, Sapindaceae and Urticaceae. The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family) is the largest family of Flowering Betulaceae, or the Birch Family, includes six genera of Deciduous nut -bearing Trees and Shrubs including the Birches Boraginaceae Juss 1789 the Borage or Forget-me-not family includes a variety of Shrubs Trees and Herbs totaling about 2000 species Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 17 genera and approximately 500 species of mainly Tropical lowland Rainforest Trees The family name from Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of Flowering plants which is commonly known as the legume family, pea Lamiaceae or Labiatae, also known as the mint family is a family of Plants comprising about 210 genera and some 3500 species Moraceae is a family of Flowering plants commonly known as the mulberry or fig family Ficus is a Genus of about 850 Species of woody Trees Shrubs Vines Epiphytes and hemi-epiphytes in the family The Rosaceae or Rose family is a large family of Plants with about 3000-4000 species in 100-160 genera Sapindaceae, also known as the soapberry family, is a family of Flowering plants in the order Sapindales. Urticaceae, or the nettle family is a family of Flowering plants The family name comes from the genus Urtica (nettles The European "Nettle-tap Moth" Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767), illustrated here[6] is a familiar sight pirouetting around "stinging nettles" Urtica and nearby flowers while Choreutis pariana[7] skeletonizes apple leaves. Nettle is the common name for between 30-45 species of Flowering plants of the genus Urtica in the family Urticaceae, with a cosmopolitan though The last genus has 85 species worldwide one of which C. tigroides is a pest of "jackfruit" Artocarpus (Dugdale et al. Artocarpus is a Genus of about 60 trees of Southeast Asian origin and the Pacific belonging to the mulberry family Moraceae. , 1999).

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