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Chrysoclista

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Chrysoclista

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Chrysoclista is a genus of moths of the family Agonoxenidae described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.

Species

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyElachistidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
42
With media
12
Family
Elachistidae
Collections
USNM, TMAG, YPM, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, NHMO, FMNH
Recorded in
United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway

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Chrysoclista is a genus of moths of the family Agonoxenidae described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.

==Taxonomy== The genus is mostly placed in the family Agonoxenidae, but other authors list it as a member of the families Elachistidae, Cosmopterigidae or Momphidae.

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