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Corythoxestis yaeyamensis

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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)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cryphiomystis yaeyamensis Kumata, 1998

Corythoxestis yaeyamensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Japan (the Ryukyu Islands).[1]

The wingspan is 3.8-4.9 mm.[2]

The hostplant for the species is Saurauia tristyla.[1] They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Corythoxestis yaeyamensis (Kumata, 1998)[permanent dead link] at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).
  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.