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Amphixystis

Amphixystis
Amphixystis species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Hieroxestinae
Genus: Amphixystis
Meyrick, 1901
Type species
Amphixystis hapsimacha
Meyrick, 1901[1]
Synonyms
  • Coeliometopa Turner, 1923[2]
  • Machimostola Meyrick, 1928
  • Orthochthella T. B. Fletcher, 1940
  • Problastodes Meyrick, 1928
  • Sporadarthra Meyrick, 1911
  • Syncrobyla Meyrick, 1915
  • Ulocorys Meyrick, 1915

Amphixystis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The family was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901.[3]

Hostplant records are only known for 2 species of this genus: Amphixystis anchiala had been recorded feeding on Euphorbia resinifera, Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae), Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata (Dioscoreaceae)[4] and Amphixystis syntricha (Meyrick, 1910) that feeds on Pandanus montanus (Pandanaceae).[5]

Species

Some species of this genus are:

References