Corythoxestis sunosei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Japan (Kyūshū)[1] and China.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Corythoxestis |
| Species: | C. sunosei
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| Binomial name | |
| Corythoxestis sunosei (Kumata, 1998)[1]
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The wingspan is 4.4-6.7 mm.[3]
The host plants for the species are Adina pilulifera, Mussaenda parviflora,[4] Mussaenda esquirolii and Uncaria rhynchophylla.[1] The larvae mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ a b c Corythoxestis sunosei (Kumata, 1998) at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).
- ^ Two species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) new to China, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis and Eumetriochroa
- ^ Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species
- ^ Four new species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from China and Japan, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis, Eumetriochroa, Guttigera, and Metriochroa
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