Corythoxestis aletreuta
| Corythoxestis aletreuta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Corythoxestis |
| Species: | C. aletreuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Corythoxestis aletreuta (Meyrick, 1936)[1] | |
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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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