| Amphixystis | |
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| Amphixystis species | |
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| 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] | |
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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:
- Amphixystis aethalopis (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis anachoreta (Meyrick, 1921) (from Zimbabwe)
- Amphixystis anchiala (Meyrick, 1909) (from South Africa and Madagascar)
- Amphixystis antiloga (Meyrick, 1915) (from Australia)
- Amphixystis antongilella (Viette, 1955) (from Madagascar)
- Amphixystis aromaticella (Viette, 1957) (from Réunion and Madagascar)
- Amphixystis artiphanes (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
- Amphixystis beverrasella (Legrand, 1966) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis canthopa (Meyrick, 1924) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis chrysodora (Meyrick, 1924) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis cincinnata (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
- Amphixystis colubrina (Meyrick, 1914) (from Malawi)
- Amphixystis commatias (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
- Amphixystis copidora (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
- Amphixystis crobylora (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis crocinacma (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis crypsirias (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis cymataula (Meyrick, 1926) (from Zimbabwe)
- Amphixystis cyanodesma (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis ensifera (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis epirota (Meyrick, 1914) (from Malawi)
- Amphixystis fragosa (Meyrick, 1910) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis fricata (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles & Madagascar)
- Amphixystis glomerata (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis guttata Bippus, 2020 (from Réunion)
- Amphixystis gyracma (Meyrick, 1915) (India)
- Amphixystis hapsimacha Meyrick, 1901 (from New Zealand)
- Amphixystis herbulotella (Viette, 1955) (from Madagascar)
- Amphixystis hermatias (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis heteroclina (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
- Amphixystis hydrochalca (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis hypolampes (Turner, 1923) (from Australia)
- Amphixystis ichnora (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis irenica (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphiyxstis islamella (Turati, 1927) (Libya, Oman, Yemen)
- Amphixystis lactiflua (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis ligyropa (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
- Amphixystis maillardella (Viette, 1957) (from Réunion)
- Amphixystis maroccana Gaedike, 2009 (from Maroccos)
- Amphixystis multipunctella (Legrand, 1966) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis minuta Gaedicke, 2014 (from Yemen)
- Amphixystis nephalia (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis oxymoris (Meyrick, 1916) (India)
- Amphixystis paroditella (Viette, 1957) (from Réunion)
- Amphixystis patelia Bippus, 2020 (from Réunion)
- Amphixystis polystrigella (Legrand, 1966) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis protelesta (Meyrick, 1915) (India)
- Amphixystis rhodothicta (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis rhothiaula (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis rorida (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis rotata (Meyrick, 1915) (India)
- Amphixystis roseostrigella (Legrand, 1966) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis sciadocoma (Meyrick, 1924) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis selacta (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis serrata (Meyrick, 1914) (from Mauritius, Reunion & Malawi)
- Amphixystis sicaria (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphixystis siccata (Meyrick, 1910) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis spathistis (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
- Amphixystis syntricha (Meyrick, 1910) (from Réunion, Mauritius & South Africa)
- Amphixystis tachygrapha (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
- Amphixystis tarsota (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
- Amphiyxstis taurus Gaedicke, 2014 (from Yemen)
- Amphixystis thapsonota (Meyrick, 1915) (India)
- Amphixystis trixysta (Meyrick, 1910) (from Mauritius)
References
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- ↑ Meyrick, 1901.
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
- ↑ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- ↑ Bippus, 2016. New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Eperminiidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae) Beitr. Ent. 66 (2) : 347-370
- Savela, Markku. "Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- Gaedike, R., 2009: Neue oder wenig bekannte Tineidae aus Mauretania, Morocco, Algeria und Tunisien (Lepidoptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie 59 (2): 489–512.
- Gaedike, R. 2014. On the Tineidae of the Southern Arabian Peninsula and Sudan (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). - Beiträge zur Entomologie 64(2): 193–219.
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