Choreutidae

Choreutidae
	Nettle-tap moth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Clade:	Eulepidoptera
Clade:	Ditrysia
Clade:	Apoditrysia
Superfamily:	Choreutoidea; Stainton, 1858
Family:	Choreutidae; Stainton, 1858
Subfamilies and genera
	Brenthiinae; Brenthia Clemens, 1860 =Microaethia Chambers, 1878; ; Litobrenthia Diakonoff 1978; Choreutinae; Alasea Rota, 2008; 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; Niveas Rota, 2013; Ornarantia Rota & Wahlberg, 2012; Peotyle Diakonoff, 1978; Prochoreutis Heppner, 1981; Rhobonda Walker, 1863; Saptha Walker, 1864 =Badera Walker, 1866; =Chordates Snellen, 1877; ; Tebenna Billberg, 1820 =Porpe Hübner, 1825; ; Trichocirca Meyrick, 1920; Telosphrantis Meyrick, 1932; Tortyra Walker, 1863 =Choregia Zeller, 1877; =Walsinghamia Riley, 1889; ; Zodia Heppner, 1879;
Diversity
	402 species

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 Sesioidea. It is now considered to represent its own superfamily (Minet, 1986). The relationship of the family to the other lineages in the group "Apoditrysia" need a new assessment, especially with new molecular data.

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