Choreutis cunuligera

Choreutis cunuligera
Choreutis cunuligera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Choreutis
Species: C. cunuligera
Binomial name
Choreutis cunuligera
(Diakonoff, 1978)
Synonyms
  • Eutromula cunuligera Diakonoff, 1978

Choreutis cunuligera is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from China (Guizhou, Zhejiang) and Japan (Honsyu).[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm for males and 11 mm for females. The head is fuscous mixed with yellowish. The thorax is greyish-fuscous with a purple gloss, an ochreous anterior and a broader subapical band. The abdomen fuscous, although the posterior halves of the segments are ochreous. The forewings are ovate-triangular and greyish-fuscous, with a purple gloss. The markings are ochreous, gently becoming brighter posteriorly and white on the costa. There is a cloudy ochreous suffused spot on the base of the wing. The hindwings are fuscous with a golden gloss and a central dilated broad bar and an irregular ochreous spot before and opposite termen before the tornus.[2]

Etymology

The name is derived from cunula (meaning a small cradle) and gero (meaning to bear).

References

  1. ^ Study on Chinese Acrolepiidae and Choreutidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Revival Of An Old Species With Two New Synonyms And Descriptions Of Two Species Of The Palaearctic Choreutidae (Lepidoptera)
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