Amphixystis

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Amphixystis
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Amphixystis species
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Hieroxestinae
Genus: Amphixystis
Meyrick, 1901
Type species
Amphixystis hapsimacha
Meyrick, 1901 [1]
Synonyms
  • CoeliometopaTurner, 1923 [2]
  • MachimostolaMeyrick, 1928
  • OrthochthellaT. B. Fletcher, 1940
  • ProblastodesMeyrick, 1928
  • SporadarthraMeyrick, 1911
  • SyncrobylaMeyrick, 1915
  • UlocorysMeyrick, 1915

Amphixystis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The family was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901. [3]

Hostplant records are only known for 2 species of this genus: Amphixystis anchiala had been recorded feeding on Euphorbia resinifera , Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae), Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata (Dioscoreaceae) [4] and Amphixystis syntricha (Meyrick, 1910) that feeds on Pandanus montanus (Pandanaceae). [5]

Species

Some species of this genus are:

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References

  1. Meyrick, 1901.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  4. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
  5. Bippus, 2016. New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Eperminiidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae) Beitr. Ent. 66 (2) : 347-370