Choreutis cunuligera

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

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

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)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  2. "Revival Of An Old Species With Two New Synonyms And Descriptions Of Two Species Of The Palaearctic Choreutidae (Lepidoptera)". Retrieved 2011-12-19.


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