Corythoxestis

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Corythoxestis
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Corythoxestis zorionella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Subfamily: Phyllocnistinae
Genus: Corythoxestis
Meyrick, 1921
Type species
Heliozela praeustella
van Deventer, 1904
Species

8 species (see text)

Synonyms [1]
  • CryphiomystisMeyrick, 1922

Corythoxestis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. [1] [2] As with their close relatives, they are small leaf-mining moths. [3]

Species

Corythoxestis zorionella Corythoxestis zorionella 104761554.jpg
Corythoxestis zorionella

There are eight recognized species: [1]

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Corythoxestis sunosei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan and China (Hunan).

Corythoxestis yaeyamensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

Caloptilia obliquatella or Povolnya obliquatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū) and Korea.

Caloptilia querci or Povolnya querci is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan and Korea.

Borboryctis barringtoniella or Acrocercops barringtoniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Java (Indonesia), Sarawak, and Peninsular Malaysia. It is a leaf miner. The hostplants for the species include Barringtonia spicata and Careya arborea.

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Corythoxestis tricalysiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found on Ishigaki Island, in the southwest of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W., eds. (2024). "Corythoxestis Meyrick, 1921". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Belspo, Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Biodiversity Platform. doi:10.48580/d4sb-397 . Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Corythoxestis Meyrick, 1921". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.347. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Kobayashi, Shigeki; Huang, Guo-Hua; Nakamura, Akihiro & Hirowatari, Toshiya (2013). "Four new species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from China and Japan, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis, Eumetriochroa, Guttigera, and Metriochroa". Zootaxa. 3619 (2): 101–129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3619.2.1.


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