Corythoxestis
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Corythoxestis is a genus of moth
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Gracillariidae
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....
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Species
- Corythoxestis aletreutaCorythoxestis aletreutaCorythoxestis aletreuta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.The larvae feed on Canthium, Coffea arabica, Coffea liberica and Coffea robusta. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Meyrick, 1936) - Corythoxestis cyanolampraCorythoxestis cyanolampraCorythoxestis cyanolampra is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Burchellia bubalina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an extremely long, narrow, irregularly contorted, purely epidermal gallery on upperside of leaf....
Vári, 1961 - Corythoxestis pentarchaCorythoxestis pentarchaCorythoxestis pentarcha is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Réunion, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. The hostplants for the species include Coffea robusta and Amomum magnificum....
(Meyrick, 1922) - Corythoxestis praeustellaCorythoxestis praeustellaCorythoxestis praeustella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Java, Indonesia. The hostplants for the species include Nauclea orientalis....
(van Deventer, 1904) - Corythoxestis sunoseiCorythoxestis sunoseiCorythoxestis sunosei is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Japan and China.The wingspan is 4.4-6.7 mm.The hostplant for the species is Uncaria rhynchophylla and Mussaenda esquirolii. They mine the leaves of their host plant...
(Kumata, 1998) - Corythoxestis yaeyamensisCorythoxestis yaeyamensisCorythoxestis yaeyamensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Japan .The wingspan is 3.8-4.9 mm.The hostplant for the species is Saurauia tristyla. They mine the leaves of their host plant. It is a purely upper epidermal miner of leaves in the larval stage, and is pupated within a...
(Kumata, 1998)