Corythoxestis aletreuta

Corythoxestis aletreuta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.[2]

Corythoxestis aletreuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Corythoxestis
Species:
C. aletreuta
Binomial name
Corythoxestis aletreuta
(Meyrick, 1936)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parectopa aletreuta Meyrick, 1936
  • Cryphiomystis aletreuta
  • Cryphiomystis chalybophanes (Meyrick, 1937)
  • Acrocercops chalybophanes

The larvae feed on Canthium, Coffea arabica, Coffea liberica and Coffea robusta. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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