''Chrysoclista'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Agonoxenidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...
described by
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Henry Tibbats Stainton (13 August 1822 – 2 December 1892) was an England, English entomologist. He served as an editor for two popular entomology periodicals of his period, ''The Entomologist's Annual'' and ''The Entomologist's Weekly Intellig ...
in 1854.
Taxonomy
The genus is mostly placed in the family
Agonoxenidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...
, but other authors list it as a member of the families
Elachistidae
The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lumpers and splitters, lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly result ...
,
Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...
or
Momphidae
The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1857. These moths tend to be rather small with a wingspan of up to 21 mm. The wings are he ...
.
Species
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Chrysoclista abchasica''
(Sinev, 1986)
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Chrysoclista basiflavella''
Matsumura, 1931
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Chrysoclista cambiella''
(Busck, 1915)
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Chrysoclista grandis''
Koster, 2002
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Chrysoclista hygrophilella''
Viette, 1957
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Chrysoclista lathamella''
T. B. Fletcher, 1936
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Chrysoclista linneella''
(Clerck, 1759)
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Chrysoclista monotyla''
Meyrick, 1921
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Chrysoclista splendida''
Karsholt, 1997
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Chrysoclista thrypsiphila''
Meyrick, 1912
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Chrysoclista trilychna''
Meyrick, 1928
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Chrysoclista villella''
(Busck, 1904)
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Chrysoclista zagulajevi''
Sinev, 1979
References
Agonoxeninae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton
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