Family Choreutidae (Choreuitid Moths)

Description of Choreutidae

The Choreuitidae are members of the Superfamily Choreutoidea (formerly part of Superfamily Sesioidea). They are a small family of moths with about 400 described species distributed worldwide, many undescribed tropical species, and about 30 species described in America north of Mexico. Adults are small, diurnal moths with broad wings (wingspan 0.9-1.4 cm), which some species flick in a characteristic fashion as they strut jerkily about on host-plant leaves. Mostly dark-colored, with black or brown wings marked by metallic gray, white, or silvery blue. Larvae are slender with elongate abdominal prolegs, living externally in slight webs, from which they graze on leaf surfaces.

Subfamily:

Brenthia pavonacella Peacock Brenthia (Clemens, 1860)

Caloreas apocynoglossa

Caloreas montanae (Heppner, 2022)

Caloreas multimarginata

Choreutis diana Diana's Choreutis Moth (Hübner, [1822])

Choreutis emplecta (Turner, 1942)

Choreutis pariana Apple Leaf Skeletonizer (Clerck, 1759)

Prochoreutis extrincicella (Dyar, 1900)

Prochoreutis inflatella (Clemens, 1863)

Prochoreutis pernivalis

Tebenna carduiella (Kearfott, 1902)

Tebenna gemmalis (Hulst, 1886)

Tebenna gnaphaliella Everlasting Tebenna Moth (Kearfott, 1902)

Tebenna onustana (Walker, 1864)

Tebenna silphiella Rosinweed Moth (Grote, 1881)

Tortyra iocyaneus (Heppner, 1991)

Tortyra slossonia Slosson's Metalmark Moth (Fernald, 1900)

Subfamily: Charaxinae (Leafwings)

Anthophila alpinella

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Description of Choreutidae

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Subfamily: Charaxinae (Leafwings)

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Description of Choreutidae

Photographs of Choreutidae

Prochoreutis inflatella

Prochoreutis inflatella

Slosson's Metalmark Moth
Tortyra slossonia

Prochoreutis inflatella

Peacock Brenthia
Brenthia pavonacella

Prochoreutis inflatella

Everlasting Tebenna Moth
Tebenna gnaphaliella

Everlasting Tebenna Moth
Tebenna gnaphaliella

Everlasting Tebenna Moth
Tebenna gnaphaliella

Apple Leaf Skeletonizer
Choreutis pariana

Apple Leaf Skeletonizer
Choreutis pariana

Rosinweed Moth
Tebenna silphiella

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Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera

Family Choreutidae (Choreuitid Moths)

Description of Choreutidae

Subfamily:

Subfamily: Charaxinae (Leafwings)

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Description of Choreutidae

Photographs of Choreutidae

Slosson's Metalmark MothTortyra slossonia

Peacock BrenthiaBrenthia pavonacella

Everlasting Tebenna MothTebenna gnaphaliella

Everlasting Tebenna MothTebenna gnaphaliella

Everlasting Tebenna MothTebenna gnaphaliella

Apple Leaf SkeletonizerChoreutis pariana

Apple Leaf SkeletonizerChoreutis pariana

Rosinweed MothTebenna silphiella

Slosson's Metalmark Moth
Tortyra slossonia

Peacock Brenthia
Brenthia pavonacella

Everlasting Tebenna Moth
Tebenna gnaphaliella

Everlasting Tebenna Moth
Tebenna gnaphaliella

Everlasting Tebenna Moth
Tebenna gnaphaliella

Apple Leaf Skeletonizer
Choreutis pariana

Apple Leaf Skeletonizer
Choreutis pariana

Rosinweed Moth
Tebenna silphiella