Amphixystis

Amphixystis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The family was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901.[3]

Amphixystis
Amphixystis species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
Synonyms
  • Coeliometopa Turner, 1923[2]
  • Machimostola Meyrick, 1928
  • Orthochthella T. B. Fletcher, 1940
  • Problastodes Meyrick, 1928
  • Sporadarthra Meyrick, 1911
  • Syncrobyla Meyrick, 1915
  • Ulocorys Meyrick, 1915

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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