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The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. The taxonomic family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with about 780 species.
Ashibusa is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Ressia is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Scaeosopha is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Cosmopterix argentitegulella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Russia and China (Jiangxi).
Cosmopterix setariella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Russia, China (Jiangxi) and Japan.
Cosmopterix rhyncognathosella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Russia, China and Japan.
Cosmopterix phyllostachysea is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China (Jiangxi) and Japan.
Cosmopterix nanshanella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Zhejiang, China.
Cosmopterix gracilis is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China (Jiangxi), Japan, Korea and Russia.
Cosmopterix dulcivora is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China (Jiangxi), Japan, Russia, Fiji, Samoa, the Philippines (Negros), Java and Queensland, Australia.
Anatrachyntis simplex is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Egypt, La Réunion, Gambia and the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, India and China. It is recorded infrequently in the United Kingdom through accidental importation in pomegranates.
Pyroderces argyrogrammos is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from central Europe south to the Mediterranean area, the Canary Islands, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and China. It has recently also been recorded on the Channel Islands.
Ashibusa jezoensis is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Japan, Taiwan and on the Kuriles.
Ashibusa aculeata is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China.
Ashibusa clavativalvula is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China.
Ashibusa flavalba is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China.
Ashibusa subelliptica is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described Z.W. Zhang and H.H. Li in 2009 and is endemic to China.
The Scaeosophinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae.
References
- ↑ Zhang, Z.W. & H.H. Li, 2009: Taxonomic study of the genus Ashibusa Matsumura (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae), with description of six new species in China. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift56 (2): 335-343. doi : 10.1002/mmnd.200900031. Abstract: