| Amphixystis | |
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| Amphixystis species | |
| Scientific 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]  | |
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Amphixystis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The family was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901.[3]
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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- ↑ Meyrick, 1901.
 - ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
 - ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
 - ↑ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
 - ↑ Bippus, 2016. New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Eperminiidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae) Beitr. Ent. 66 (2) : 347-370
 
- Savela, Markku. "Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
 - Gaedike, R., 2009: Neue oder wenig bekannte Tineidae aus Mauretania, Morocco, Algeria und Tunisien (Lepidoptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie 59 (2): 489–512.
 - Gaedike, R. 2014. On the Tineidae of the Southern Arabian Peninsula and Sudan (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). - Beiträge zur Entomologie 64(2): 193–219.
 
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