Biology:Corythoxestis

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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

A blackish moth with wings folded
Corythoxestis zorionella

There are eight recognized species:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Corythoxestis Meyrick, 1921". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Belspo, Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Biodiversity Platform. 2024. doi:10.48580/d4sb-397. https://www.gracillariidae.net/moth/166. 
  2. "Corythoxestis Meyrick, 1921". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.347. 30 November 2024. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/238778. 
  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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