Corythoxestis yaeyamensis
| Corythoxestis yaeyamensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Corythoxestis |
| Species: | C. yaeyamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Corythoxestis yaeyamensis (Kumata, 1998)[1]
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Corythoxestis yaeyamensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.[1][3][4]
The wingspan is 3.8-4.9 mm.[2] The hostplant for the species is Saurauia tristyla.[1][2] They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ "和名未定 Corythoxestis yaeyamensis (Kumata, 1998)". Japanese Moths. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ a b 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. PMID 26131468.
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