''Chrysorthenches'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s of the family

Plutellidae The Plutellidae are a family of moths commonly known as the diamondback moths, named after the diamondback moth (''Plutella xylostella'') of European origin. It was once considered to have three subfamilies: Plutellinae, Praydinae, and Scythropi ...

Species

Species in this genus includes: *'' Chrysorthenches argentea'' Dugdale, 1996 – New Zealand *'' Chrysorthenches callibrya'' (Turner, 1923) – Australia *'' Chrysorthenches drosochalca'' (Meyrick, 1905) – New Zealand *'' Chrysorthenches glypharcha'' (Meyrick, 1919) – New Zealand *'' Chrysorthenches halocarpi'' Dugdale, 1996 – New Zealand *'' Chrysorthenches lagarostrobi'' Dugdale, 1996 – Tasmania, Australia *'' Chrysorthenches microstrobi'' Dugdale, 1996 – Tasmania, Australia *'' Chrysorthenches muraseae'' Sohn & Kobayashi, 2020 – Japan *'' Chrysorthenches phyllocladi'' Dugdale, 1996 – New Zealand *'' Chrysorthenches polita'' (Philpott, 1918) – New Zealand *'' Chrysorthenches porphyritis'' (Meyrick, 1885) – New Zealand *'' Chrysorthenches smaragdina'' Sohn, 2020 – Thailand *'' Chrysorthenches virgata'' (Philpott, 1920) – New Zealand

References

Plutellidae Moth genera Taxa named by John Stewart Dugdale {{Yponomeutoidea-stub