Choreutidae

Anthophila fabriciana

The Spreizflügelfalter ( Choreutidae ) are a family of butterflies (Lepidoptera ). They are found worldwide with about 400 species. Across Europe, far described 17 species, of which 12 species occur in Central Europe. They were counted earlier to the round forehead moths ( Glyphipterigidae ). They were also classified in the superfamily Sesioidea, but now have their own, only her family containing superfamily whose kinship to the other but is still unclear.

• 4.1 Notes and references
• 4.2 Literature
• 4.3 External links

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of 5 to 20 millimeters. The fore wings are rather broad and often have metallic patterns. The hind wings are similar broad as the forewings and are rounded. They are fringed short. The thread-like antennae are of medium length and reach 0.5 to 0.75 times the length of the forewing. In addition to the compound eyes of moths also have simple eyes ( ocelli ). Your Maxillarpalpen are well developed, or regressed, their imbricated at the base of proboscis is fully developed.

The fore wings 12 veins wings with two Analadern (1b and 1c ), the hind wings, who have a well-trained venation 10 cores with three Analadern (1a, 1b and 1c).

Way of life

The oligophagen caterpillars skeletonize leaves, only a few are leaf miners. They eat plants of numerous families, such as Rose family ( Rosaceae ), Nettle family ( Urticaceae ), mulberry family ( Moraceae ), Lamiaceae ( Lamiaceae), Compositae ( Asteraceae) and Osterluzeigewächse ( Aristolochiaceae ).

Some species are pests, such as Choreutis Pariana to apple.

System

Within the family of Spreizflügelfalter ( Choreutidae ) are three subfamilies:

• Brentiinae: With about 70 species, distributed in the Nearctic, South Asia and Australasia.
• Choreutinae: With about 290 species, distributed in the Holarctic and pantropical; in the Indonesian- Australian region is still the highest biodiversity.
• Milli Erinae: With only three species that are native to Europe, Florida and Chile.

Here is a list of common species in Europe:

Subfamily Milli Erinae

• Millieria dolosalis ( Heyden Reich, 1851) A, CH, D

Subfamily Choreutinae

• Anthophila abhasica Danilevsky, 1969 A, D
• Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767) A, CH, D
• Anthophila threnodes ( Walsingham, 1910)
• Choreutis diana ( Hübner, 1822) CH, D
• Choreutis nemorana ( Hübner, 1799) A, CH, D
• Choreutis Pariana ( Clerck, 1759) A, CH, D
• Prochoreutis holotoxa ( Meyrick, 1903) A, CH
• Prochoreutis myllerana (Fabricius, 1794) A, CH, D
• Prochoreutis sehestediana (Fabricius, 1776), CH, D
• Prochoreutis solaris ( Erschoff, 1877)
• Prochoreutis stellaris (Zeller, 1847) A
• Prochoreutis ultimana ( Krulikovsky, 1909)
• Tebenna bjerkandrella ( Thunberg, 1784) A, CH, D
• Tebenna Chingana Danilevsky, 1969
• Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857), CH, D
• Tebenna pretiosana ( Duponchel, 1842)

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