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Niveas is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae.
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Niveas is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae.
The genus is known from Kenya, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
The generic name is derived from Latin niveum (meaning snowy) and refers to the speckles of white-tipped scales on the wings of the type species.
Choreutidae, or metalmark moths, are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order whose relationships have been long disputed. It was placed previously in the superfamily Yponomeutoidea in family Glyphipterigidae and in superfamily Sesioidea. It is now considered to represent its own superfamily. The relationship of the family to the other lineages in the group "Apoditrysia" need a new assessment, especially with new molecular data.
Palpita is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus Stemorrhages may be very similar in appearance.
Telosphrantis is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae, containing only one species, Telosphrantis aethiopica, which is known from Ethiopia.
Tebenna gnaphaliella, the everlasting tebenna moth, is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found from Florida to California and north at least to New Hampshire.
Millieria is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae, containing only one species, Millieria dolosana, which is found from Morocco north to Germany, France and Poland, east to southern Russia and Israel.
Phormoestes is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae, containing only one species, Phormoestes palmettovora, which is known from Florida, United States.
Anthophila is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae.
Asterivora is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae. Asterivora was described by J. S. Dugdale in 1979.
Alasea is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae, containing only one species, Alasea corniculata, which is known from Costa Rica.
Melanoxena is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae, containing only one species, Melanoxena falsissima, which is known from Colombia.
Choreutis is a moth genus. It belongs to the metalmark moths, and therein to subfamily Choreutinae. Of these, it is the type genus. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Brenthia hexaselena is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in Costa Rica. It is a rare example of a prey animal mimicking its predator.
Pseudarctia nivea is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. The genus Pseudarctia includes only this species, which was previously classified in the Arctiinae but later reclassified as a tussock moth. The species was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1899 and is found in Uganda.
Millieriidae is a small family of moths in the lepidopteran order. It was described as by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854 as a subfamily of Choreutidae.
Niveas agassizi is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in Kenya.
Niveas kone is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and on the Solomon Islands.
Caloreas coloradella is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1900. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado and New Mexico.
Ornarantia tristis is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in the Amazon region.
Ornarantia crociella is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Rota in 2012.
Ornarantia wagneri is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Rota in 2012.
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