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.
Eteobalea intermediella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is native to an area ranging from Central and Southern Europe, east to the Caucasus, Asia Minor, the Near and Middle East towards Central Asia. It is also present in North Africa. It has been introduced to the United States and Canada.
Ascalenia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Bifascioides is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Anatrachyntis badia, the Florida pink scavenger, is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in the southern United States from Florida to California and as far north as Maryland. It is an introduced species in Europe, where it has been recorded infrequently from Italy, Greece, Spain, Malta, the United Kingdom, Poland and Turkey through accidental importation in pomegranates. In Germany, it was first recorded in 2011 in a tropical greenhouse in a zoological garden, where caterpillars where found living in colonies of the mealybug Palmicultor lumpurensis on bamboo. It has also been recorded from Hawaii.
Ascalenia echidnias is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Madeira, Sardinia and Malta and from North Africa to Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry or desert-like areas.
Gisilia stereodoxa is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found along the coast of the Mediterranean area and Egypt to Iran and India. It has recently been recorded from Kenya and Namibia.
Coccidiphila gerasimovi is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae described by Aleksandr Sergeievich Danilevsky in 1950. It is found in the Mediterranean area, on the Canary Islands and from North Africa to the Near East. It has also been recorded from Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Pyroderces wolschrijni is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Spain, Morocco and on Malta. It has also been recorded from Crete, Sicily and the United Arab Emirates.
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.
Neomariania partinicensis is a species of moth of the Stathmopodidae family. It is found in the Mediterranean area.
Bifascioides sindonia is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Aldabra in the Seychelles.
Gisilia sclerodes is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
Gisilia antidesma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in South Africa.
Coccidiphila ledereriella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Southern Europe and on Malta, Sardinia and possibly the Canary Islands, North Africa and Asia Minor.
Eteobalea dohrnii is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta, Croatia, Greece, Crete and Cyprus. In the east, the range extends to Syria.
Eteobalea thaumatella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Malta, the Canary Islands and from North Africa east to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
The Chrysopeleiinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae, although some authors treat it as a full family, the Chrysopeleiidae.
Caryocolum leucomelanella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal, Fennoscandia and the Baltic region. It is also found in Russia.
Bifascioides yemenellus is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Yemen and southern Iran.
