Corythoxestis yaeyamensis (Kumata, 1998)

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SUBFAMILY	Phyllocnistinae
GENUS	Corythoxestis
SPECIES	yaeyamensis
AUTHOR	(Kumata, 1998)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Cryphiomystis yaeyamensis sn. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Japan], Ryukyu Is.[lands] [Nansei-shotō], Iriomote I.[sland], Kanpira Falls.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Grc-5454♂, EIHU; Paratypes 2♂ and 4♀, genitalia slide Grc-5566♀, EIHU.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 54:77-131.
PAGINATION	109-110, figs. 11, 13G-H, 15D, 27C-D

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Japan	Nansei Shoto (Ryūkyū Islands)	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 54:77-131.	110

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Actinidiaceae	Saurauia tristyla	Japan	Kumata, T. 1998. Japanese species of the subfamily Oecophyllembiinae Réal et Balachowsky (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. - Insecta Matsumurana, N. S. 54:77-131.	110

*   A purely upper epidermal mine, linear, very long, irregularly curved, sometimes serpentine, and transparently whitish in appearance, without any trace of frass.