Cosmiosophista

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Cosmiosophista
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Antequerinae
A.N. Diakonoff, 1954 [1]
Species:
C. trachyopa
Binomial name
Cosmiosophista trachyopa
Diakonoff, 1954 [1]

Cosmiosophista is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It consists of only one species, Cosmiosophista trachyopa, which is found in New Guinea. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Savela, Markku (ed.). "Cosmiosophista". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 12 August 2020 via FUNET.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cosmiosophista trachyopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 1, 2018.