''Corethrovalva'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Camerar ...

. It has three currently known species, all from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

Species

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Corethrovalva allophylina ''Corethrovalva allophylina'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa. The larvae feed on ''Allophylus transvaalensis''. They leaf miner, mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irr ...

'' Vári, 1961 *'' Corethrovalva goniosema'' Vári, 1961 *''

Corethrovalva paraplesia ''Corethrovalva paraplesia'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa. The larvae feed on ''Rhus Sumac ( or ), also spelled sumach, is any of about 35 species of flowering plants in the genus ''Rhus'' and related ...

'' Vári, 1961

References

External links

Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Acrocercopinae Gracillarioidea genera {{Acrocercopinae-stub