Corythoxestis tricalysiella

Corythoxestis tricalysiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Corythoxestis
Species:	C. tricalysiella
Binomial name
Corythoxestis tricalysiella Kobayashi, Huang & Hirowatari, 2013

Corythoxestis tricalysiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Okinawa, Japan.^[1]

The wingspan is 6.6–7 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous to greyish-purple with whitish spots. The hindwings are dark grey.

The larvae feed on Tricalysia dubia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long serpentine and linear mine. The frass is brownish to blackish. Usually, there are one to three mines on a single leaf. Older larvae are yellow.

Etymology

The name is derived from Tricalysia, the scientific name of the host plant.

References

1. Four new species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from China and Japan, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis, Eumetriochroa, Guttigera, and Metriochroa