# Borboryctis

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Borboryctis
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Borboryctis.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borboryctis
> Source revision: 1343678755
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

***Borboryctis*** is a genus of [moths](/source/Moth) in the family [Gracillariidae](/source/Gracillariidae).

## Etymology

The genus name is derived from the Greek *borbos* (meaning fleshy, swollen) and *oryctis* (digger, miner).[1]

## Species

- *[Borboryctis euryae](/source/Borboryctis_euryae)* Kumata & Kuroko, 1988
- *[Borboryctis triplaca](/source/Borboryctis_triplaca)* (Meyrick, 1908)

## References

1. [Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II](http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/9845/1/40_p1-133.pdf)

## External links

- [Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)](http://www.gracillariidae.net)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Borboryctis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borboryctis) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borboryctis?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.