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Corythoxestis yaeyamensis

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Species of moth

Corythoxestis yaeyamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Corythoxestis
Species: C. yaeyamensis
Binomial name
Corythoxestis yaeyamensis
(Kumata, 1998)
Synonyms
  • Cryphiomystis yaeyamensis Kumata, 1998

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

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W., eds. (2024). "Corythoxestis yaeyamensis (Kumata, 1998)". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Belspo, Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Biodiversity Platform. doi:10.48580/d4sb-397. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  2. ^ Kumata, Tosio (1998). "Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species". Insecta Matsumurana. Series entomology. New series. 54: 77–131. hdl:2115/9886.
  3. "和名未定 Corythoxestis yaeyamensis (Kumata, 1998)". Japanese Moths. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
Taxon identifiers
Corythoxestis yaeyamensis


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