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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutoidea) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutidae) » Choreutinae » Choreutis » Apple Leaf Skeletonizer Moth - Hodges#2650 (Choreutis pariana)

Species Choreutis pariana - Apple Leaf Skeletonizer Moth - Hodges#2650

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

Apple Leaf Skeletonizer - Choreutis pariana

A very small moth to ID - Choreutis pariana

Looking for guidance - Choreutis pariana

Small moth nearly always in the meadows - Choreutis pariana

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Choreutoidea (Metalmark Moths)

Family Choreutidae (Metalmark Moths)

Subfamily Choreutinae

Genus Choreutis

Species pariana (Apple Leaf Skeletonizer Moth - Hodges#2650)

Hodges Number

2650

Other Common Names

Apple-and-Thorn Skeletonizer

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Choreutis pariana (Clerck, 1759)

* Phylogenetic sequence #082775

Numbers

Four Choreutis species occur in America north of Mexico. MPG list

Size

Wingspan 11-12 mm.

Range

West coast states and BC, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador; throughout Eurasia.

Introduced to New England in 1917.

Bug Guide - range map with monthly record of photos submitted to the guide.

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Food

Larvae feed on crab-apple leaves and other roseaceous trees. (UK Moths)

Remarks

Introduced to New England in 1917 from Eurasia.

See Also

Choreutis diana

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.

live adult, larva, pupa images and other info (Washington State U.)

Michigan State University

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 January, 2005 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, anitagould, Maury Heiman
Last updated 14 October, 2012 - 8:08pm

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