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Corythoxestis Meyrick, 1921

Higher taxa: Gracillariidae (family)/  Phyllocnistinae (subfamily)/  Oecophyllembiini (tribe)/  Corythoxestis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Meyrick, 1921
Citation:Corythoxestis n. g.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Heliozela praeustella van Deventer, 1904. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 47: 7; pl. 1, fig. 3. By original designation. Corythoxestis was included in the "Schreckensteiniadae" by Fletcher, 1929. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India (Entomology) 11: 57. It was transferred to the Gracillariidae on the advice of J. Kyrki (Nye & Fletcher 1991: 80).
Publication:Meyrick E. 1921c. New Microlepidoptera.
Journal:Zoölogische Mededelingen, Leiden
Volume:6
Issue:2–3
Pagination:177
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination Images
Corythoxestis aletreuta (Meyrick, 1936) (Meyrick, 1936) species Accepted Parectopa aletreuta
Corythoxestis chalybophanes (Meyrick, 1937) (Meyrick, 1937) species Synonym Acrocercops chalybophanes
Corythoxestis cyanolampra (Vári, 1961) (Vári, 1961) species Accepted Cryphiomystis cyanolampra
Corythoxestis pentarcha (Meyrick, 1922) (Meyrick, 1922) species Accepted Cryphiomystis pentarcha
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Cryphiomystis Meyrick, 1922 Meyrick, 1922 genus Synonym