- Corythoxestis aletreuta
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Corythoxestis aletreuta Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera 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
Corythoxestis aletreuta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.[2]
The larvae feed on Canthium, Coffea arabica, Coffea liberica and Coffea robusta. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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