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Amphixystis

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Amphixystis
Amphixystis species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Hieroxestinae
Genus: Amphixystis
Meyrick, 1901
Type species
Amphixystis hapsimacha
Meyrick, 1901[1]
Synonyms
  • Coeliometopa Turner, 1923[2]
  • Machimostola Meyrick, 1928
  • Orthochthella T. B. Fletcher, 1940
  • Problastodes Meyrick, 1928
  • Sporadarthra Meyrick, 1911
  • Syncrobyla Meyrick, 1915
  • Ulocorys Meyrick, 1915

Amphixystis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The family was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901.[3]

Hostplant records are only known for 2 species of this genus: Amphixystis anchiala had been recorded feeding on Euphorbia resinifera, Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae), Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata (Dioscoreaceae)[4] and Amphixystis syntricha (Meyrick, 1910) that feeds on Pandanus montanus (Pandanaceae).[5]

Species

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Some species of this genus are:

References

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  1. ^ Meyrick, 1901.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  4. ^ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
  5. ^ Bippus, 2016. New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Eperminiidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae) Beitr. Ent. 66 (2) : 347-370