Tortyra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Choreutoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Choreutoidea

Familia: Choreutidae
Subfamilia: Choreutinae
Genus: Tortyra
Species: T. cantharodes – T. hoguella – T. iocyaneus – T. slossonia

Name

Tortyra Walker, 1863

Type-species: Tortyra spectabilis Walker 1863

Synonyms

• Choregia Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 (preoccupied by Warren, 1899 (Geometridae)).

References

• Heppner, J.B., 1981: A new Tortyra from Cocos Island, Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 19 (4): 196–198.
• Heppner, J.B., 1991: Tortyra metalmark moths of Florida (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 2 (1): 73–78. Full article: [1].