Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Choreutoidea
Ref: MBGBI2
Taxonomic note: This family's placement has long been disputed. It has been subsumed within Glyphipterigidae, but is now universally accepted as a separate family. It has been placed in Superfamilies Yponomeutoidea, Tortricoidea and Sesioidea; and the scaled proboscis suggests affinities with Gelechioidea. Both the RES Checklist and Wikipedia now place it in its own subfamily Choreutoidea.
Diurnal; Rest with body held horizontal, off the substrate, wings flat and slightly diverging except in Tebenna where involute; Head smooth-scaled, Ocelli present; Labial palps porrect or ascending, length up to 2x eye diameter; S2 may have scale tufts; Maxillary palp 1-2-segmented, reduced; Proboscis well-developed, scaled at base; Antennae 1/2-2/3 forewing length, ciliate in male, ±simple in female, banded dark and white, no pecten; Forewing broad; Hindwing broader than forewing, cilia short; Legs short, stout, with sparse hair
Key: Cilia of hw shorter than breadth of hw; frenulum present; proboscis scaled, fully developed; mid & hindtibia with tufts of hair in middle and apically.
Ref: MBGBI2
Taxonomic note: This family's placement has long been disputed. It has been subsumed within Glyphipterigidae, but is now universally accepted as a separate family. It has been placed in Superfamilies Yponomeutoidea, Tortricoidea and Sesioidea; and the scaled proboscis suggests affinities with Gelechioidea. Both the RES Checklist and Wikipedia now place it in its own subfamily Choreutoidea.
Diurnal; Rest with body held horizontal, off the substrate, wings flat and slightly diverging except in Tebenna where involute; Head smooth-scaled, Ocelli present; Labial palps porrect or ascending, length up to 2x eye diameter; S2 may have scale tufts; Maxillary palp 1-2-segmented, reduced; Proboscis well-developed, scaled at base; Antennae 1/2-2/3 forewing length, ciliate in male, ±simple in female, banded dark and white, no pecten; Forewing broad; Hindwing broader than forewing, cilia short; Legs short, stout, with sparse hair
Key: Cilia of hw shorter than breadth of hw; frenulum present; proboscis scaled, fully developed; mid & hindtibia with tufts of hair in middle and apically.
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Anthophila
S2 and S3 of labial palp smooth-scaled |
Prochoreutis (2S)
S2 of labial palp with a ventral scale tuft grouped into bundles giving a pectinate effect, antennal scape without a scale tuft |
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001 Anthophila fabriciana
(Common Nettle-tap) 
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002 Prochoreutis myllerana
(Small Metal-mark) 
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003 Prochoreutis sehestediana
(Silver-dot Metal-mark) ws: 9-12mm; bivoltine - May, Jul-Aug; skullcap/lesser skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata/minor); NS-B damp grassland and moorland in S.England & W.Scotland |
Tebenna (2S [1DB])
S2 of labial palp with a dense ventral brush of scales; antennal scape with a ventral scale-tuft
S2 of labial palp with a dense ventral brush of scales; antennal scape with a ventral scale-tuft
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004 Tebenna bjerkandrella
(Uncertain Metal-mark) No clear evidence this species has ever occurred in Britain - Doubtfully British |
005 Tebenna micalis
(Vagrant Metal-mark) 
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Choreutis (2S)
S2 and S3 of labial palp thickened with scales, S2 rough-scaled ventrally
S2 and S3 of labial palp thickened with scales, S2 rough-scaled ventrally
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006 Choreutis diana
(Inverness Metal-mark) ws: 14-18mm; Jul-Aug; birch (Betula spp); RDB - Glen Affric only |
007 Choreutis pariana
(Apple-leaf Skeletonizer) 
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0071 Choreutis nemorana
(Fig-leaf Skeletonizer) New to Britain 2014, Hyde Park, London. Has subsequently been found in Kent, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk ws: 16-20mm |
Genera: Anthophila, Tebenna (2S), Prochoreutis (2S), Choreutis (2S)
All images © Chris Lewis
