Corythoxestis cyanolampra

Corythoxestis cyanolampra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Corythoxestis
Species:	C. cyanolampra
Binomial name
	Corythoxestis cyanolampra; (Vári, 1961)
Synonyms
	Cryphiomystis cyanolampra Vári, 1961 ;

Corythoxestis cyanolampra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.^[2]

The larvae feed on Burchellia bubalina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an extremely long, narrow, irregularly contorted, purely epidermal gallery on the upper side of the leaf.

References[]

^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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[1] Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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