Chrysoclista

Chrysoclista
	Illustration of the moth Chrysoclista linneella and the Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Subfamily:	Agonoxeninae
Genus:	Chrysoclista ; Stainton, 1854
Synonyms
	Glyphipteryx auctt. nec J. Curtis, 1827;

Last updated October 23, 2025

Chrysoclista is a genus of moths of the family Agonoxenidae described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.

Taxonomy

The genus is mostly placed in the family Agonoxenidae, but other authors list it as a member of the families Elachistidae, Cosmopterigidae or Momphidae.

Species

Chrysoclista abchasica (Sinev, 1986)
Chrysoclista basiflavella Matsumura, 1931
Chrysoclista cambiella (Busck, 1915)
Chrysoclista grandis Koster, 2002
Chrysoclista hygrophilella Viette, 1957
Chrysoclista lathamella T. B. Fletcher, 1936
Chrysoclista linneella (Clerck, 1759)
Chrysoclista monotyla Meyrick, 1921
Chrysoclista splendida Karsholt, 1997
Chrysoclista thrypsiphila Meyrick, 1912
Chrysoclista trilychna Meyrick, 1928
Chrysoclista villella (Busck, 1904)
Chrysoclista zagulajevi Sinev, 1979

References

↑ Review of the Nearctic species of Chrysoclista Stainton (Lepidoptera: Agonoxenidae)

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[1] Review of the Nearctic species of Chrysoclista Stainton (Lepidoptera: Agonoxenidae)

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Chrysoclista

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