Choreutis | |
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Fig-tree Skeletonizer (C. nemorata) imago visiting some flowers |
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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 |
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Synonyms | |
Allononyma Busck, 1904 |
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.