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
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

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)
• Amphixystis glomerata (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
• 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 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 & 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

1. Meyrick, 1901.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
3. Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae

• Savela, Markku. "Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
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