Coleothrix is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was described by Ragonot in 1888.

Coleothrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Coleothrix
Ragonot, 1888

Taxonomy edit

Coleothrix has been listed as a synonym of Addyme by Walley in 1970, but considered as a valid name by Roesler & Küppers in 1979.[1]

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Du, Yanli; Song, Shimei; Wu, Chunsheng. "A Review on Addyme-Calguia-Coleothrix Genera Complex (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), with One New Species from China". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 133. Bioone.org: 143. doi:10.3157/0002-8320(2007)133[143:AROAGC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0002-8320. Retrieved 2011-10-07.