Choreutis pariana

Choreutis pariana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Choreutis
Species:
C. pariana
Binomial name
Choreutis pariana
(Clerck, 1759) 
Synonyms
  • Phalaena pariana Clerck, 1759
  • Anthophila lutosa Haworth, 1811
  • Asopia parialis Treitschke, 1829
  • Pyralis pariana
  • Hemerophila pariana
  • Tortrix pariana
  • Simaethis paralis
  • Xylopoda parialis
  • Eretromula pariana
  • Simaethis pariana

Choreutis pariana, the apple-and-thorn skeletonizer or apple leaf skeletonizer, is a moth of the family Choreutidae. The moth was first described by the Swedish entomologist Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759. It is native to Eurasia and was introduced to New England, USA in 1917.

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