Corythoxestis aletreuta

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)
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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