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.
Calycobathra is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Scaeosopha is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Vulcaniella extremella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from Poland to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Bulgaria and from France to central and southern Russia.
Vulcaniella grabowiella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor.
Pebobs is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Bifascioides leucomelanella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Libya, Egypt and on Malta. It has also been recorded from Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia 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.
Calycobathra calligoni is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. The moth is found in south-eastern part of European Russia, Transcaucasia and Central Asia. The wingspan is 10–12 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing year round. Overwintering takes place in rodent nests.
Calycobathra variapenella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Turkey, the northern Caucasus, Transcaucasia and Central Asia.
Pancalia leuwenhoekella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
The Antequerinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae. In the Nearctic, the subfamily consists of eight species in four genera, found in North America and England.
Cosmopterix salahinella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Israel east to Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Pyroderces apicinotella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Tunisia, Libya and Iraq.
The Chrysopeleiinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae, although some authors treat it as a full family, the Chrysopeleiidae.
Calycobathra arabicella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Kasy in 1968. It is found in Saudi Arabia.
Calycobathra pakistanella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Kasy in 1968. It is found in western Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Calycobathra sahidanella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Kasy in 1968. It is found in south-eastern Iran.
Calycobathra striatella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Kasy in 1968. It is found in Saudi Arabia and Palestine.
