Corythoxestis aletreuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Gracillariidae. 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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