''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

, 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 ...

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

*'' 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 ''Chrysoclista thrypsiphila'' is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceyl ...

'' Meyrick, 1912 *'' Chrysoclista trilychna'' Meyrick, 1928 *'' Chrysoclista villella'' (Busck, 1904) *'' Chrysoclista zagulajevi'' Sinev, 1979

References

Agonoxeninae Moth genera Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton {{Agonoxenidae-stub