Cyphosticha acrolitha | |
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Cyphosticha acrolitha Meyrick, 1908 | |
Cyphosticha acrolitha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Sri Lanka. [1]
Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are leaf miners in the family Gracillariidae.
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Philodoria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.
Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Cyphosticha is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Marmara is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Cyphosticha albomarginata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Northern Territory and Queensland of Australia.
Cyphosticha callimacha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland, Australia.
Cyphosticha microta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland, Australia.
Cyphosticha dialeuca is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland, Australia.
Cyphosticha panconita is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.
Cyphosticha pandoxa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland, Australia.
Cyphosticha pterocola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Karnataka, India.
Aristaea bathracma is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Thailand, Japan (Honshū), the Russian Far East, Mozambique, South Africa, Réunion and Uganda.
Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. It was recently also recorded from China.
Phodoryctis caerulea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Java), Sri Lanka, Fiji, Guam, the Solomon Islands, Japan and Taiwan, as well as Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Uganda and Tanzania.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
Ornixolinae is a subfamily of moths described by Vladimir Ivanovitsch Kuznetzov and Svetlana Vladimirovna Baryshnikova in 2001.