Chrysoclista
Genus of moths
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Chrysoclista is a genus of moths of the family Agonoxenidae described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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| Illustration of the moth Chrysoclista linneella and the Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Subfamily: | Agonoxeninae |
| Genus: | Chrysoclista Stainton, 1854[1] |
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Taxonomy
The genus is mostly placed in the family Agonoxenidae, but other authors list it as a member of the families Elachistidae, Cosmopterigidae or Momphidae.
Species
- Chrysoclista abchasica (Sinev, 1986)
- Chrysoclista basiflavella Matsumura, 1931
- Chrysoclista cambiella (Busck, 1915)
- Chrysoclista grandis Koster, 2002
- Chrysoclista hygrophilella Viette, 1957
- Chrysoclista lathamella T. B. Fletcher, 1936
- Chrysoclista linneella (Clerck, 1759)
- Chrysoclista monotyla Meyrick, 1921
- Chrysoclista splendida Karsholt, 1997
- Chrysoclista thrypsiphila Meyrick, 1912
- Chrysoclista trilychna Meyrick, 1928
- Chrysoclista villella (Busck, 1904)
- Chrysoclista zagulajevi Sinev, 1979
