Choreutis

Choreutis
	Fig-tree skeletonizer (C. nemorata); imago visiting some flowers
Scientific 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.

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