Taxonomic Information
Choreutis Hübner, [1825] species from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Choreutis aegyptiaca (Zeller, 1867). India: Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Choreutis achyrodes (Meyrick, 1912). India (Nilgiris: TL); Sri Lanka.
Choreutis antiptila Meyrick, 1912. Nepal.
Choreutis euclista (Meyrick, 1918). India: Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Meghalaya (Khasis); Myanmar (TL); Sri Lanka.
Choreutis ialeura (Meyrick, 1912). India (Nilgiris: TL); Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Choreutis itriodes (Meyrick, 1912). India: Assam.
Choreutis melophaga (Meyrick, 1931). India.
Choreutis ophiosema (Lower, 1896). India.
Choreutis orthogona (Meyrick, 1886). TL: New Guinea; India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.
Choreutis taprobanes (Zeller, 1877). Sri Lanka.
Choreutis sexfasciella (Sauber, 1902). Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Simaethis aegyptiaca Zeller, 1867. Stettin ent. Ztg 28 (10-12): 366; TL: Egypt. Text at https://archive.org/details/stettinerentomol28ento/page/366/mode/1up?view=theater (in German).
- Simaethis aegyptiaca Zeller, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 5: 461, pl. 24, f. 1; TL: Egypt. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen35186567roya/page/461/mode/1up?view=theater.
- Rittner, O., 2019. The first documented report of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae) in Israel, with the first record of Oriental Choreutis sexfasciella (Sauber) in the Palearctic. Israel Journal of entomology, 49(1), pp.63-67. Fig. 1.
- Reported from Dehradun, Singh et al. Moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) of New Forest Campus, Dehradun, India.
- https://africanmoths.com/pages/MICRO'S/Choreutidae/Choreutis%20aegyptiaca.html
- https://choreutidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/140
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/210965-Choreutis-aegyptiaca
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Choreutis aegyptiaca (Zeller, 1867) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Choreutis-aegyptiaca, accessed 2025/11/02.