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| species = '''''C. aletreuta'''''
| species = '''''C. aletreuta'''''
| binomial = ''Corythoxestis aletreuta''
| binomial = ''Corythoxestis aletreuta''
| binomial_authority = (Meyrick, 1936)<ref>[http://www.metafro.be/graci/Species/CRYPaletreuta.htm Afrotropical Gracillariidae]</ref>
| binomial_authority = (Meyrick, 1936)<ref>[http://www.metafro.be/graci/Species/CRYPaletreuta.htm Afrotropical Gracillariidae] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317082538/http://www.metafro.be/graci/Species/CRYPaletreuta.htm |date=2012-03-17 }}</ref>
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*''Parectopa aletreuta'' <small>Meyrick, 1936</small>
*''Parectopa aletreuta'' <small>Meyrick, 1936</small>
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*''Acrocercops chalybophanes''
*''Acrocercops chalybophanes''
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'''''Corythoxestis aletreuta''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Gracillariidae]] family. It is known from [[Ethiopia]], [[Nigeria]], [[Rwanda]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]].<ref>[http://gc.bebif.be/species/show/1542 Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)]</ref>
'''''Corythoxestis aletreuta''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Gracillariidae]] family. It is known from [[Ethiopia]], [[Nigeria]], [[Rwanda]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]].<ref>[http://gc.bebif.be/species/show/1542 Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


The [[larva]]e feed on ''[[Canthium]]'', ''[[Coffea arabica]]'', ''[[Coffea liberica]]'' and ''[[Coffea robusta]]''. They probably [[leaf miner|mine]] the leaves of their host plant.
The [[larva]]e feed on ''[[Canthium]]'', ''[[Coffea arabica]]'', ''[[Coffea liberica]]'' and ''[[Coffea robusta]]''. They probably [[leaf miner|mine]] the leaves of their host plant.

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Corythoxestis aletreuta
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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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