Hemerophila

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Hemerophila was also erroneously used by Fernald in 1900 for the related genus Choreutis.

Hemerophila
Hemerophila albertiana Cramer1781.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Subfamily: Choreutinae
Genus: Hemerophila
Hübner [1817]
Synonyms
  • GaurisHübner, 1821
  • WalsinghamiaRiley, 1889
  • GuarisFernald, 1900 (misspelling)

Hemerophila is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae. A number of species was recently transferred to the genus Ornarantia .

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