Nannopterix choreutes

Short description: Species of moth

Nannopterix choreutes

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Micropterigidae
Genus:  | Nannopterix
Species:  |

N. choreutes

Binomial name
Nannopterix choreutes

Gibbs, 2010

Nannopterix choreutes is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from New Caledonia, from the Table Unio south to Rivière Bleue.[1]

The forewing length is 2.4 mm for males. The forewing ground colour is uniform. There is a narrow brown costal streak and another slightly broader brown anal streak. Furthermore, a small brown patch of scales and an irregular area of brown scales in the apex. The fringes are ochreous except for a tuft of brown scales. The hindwing is pale ochreous with ochreous fringes.

## Etymology

The species name is derived from the Greek choreutai (the dancers who took part in a troupe of singers or dancers) and refers to the graceful flying behaviour of this tiny golden moth, as it flits around on the forest floor, amongst the dead leaves.

## References

1. ↑ Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand

Wikidata ☰ Q10797273 entry

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