Choreutis

"Macropia" redirects here. For the visual disorder, see Macropsia.
Choreutis
Fig-tree Skeletonizer (C. nemorata)
imago visiting some flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Ditrysia
Superfamily: Choreutoidea
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Choreutis
Hübner, [1825]
Type species
Phalaena pariana
Clerck, 1759
Synonyms

Allononyma Busck, 1904
Choreutidia Sauber, 1902
Hemerophila Fernald, 1900 (non Hübner [1817]: preoccupied)
Macropia Costa, 1836

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.

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