Cosmoclostis brachybela

Cosmoclostis brachybela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Cosmoclostis
Species:	C. brachybela
Binomial name
	Cosmoclostis brachybela; T. B. Fletcher, 1947

Last updated August 30, 2025

Cosmoclostis brachybela is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1947 and is known from South Africa.

References

↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher D. S., 1947". Afromoths. Retrieved April 3, 2018. Note: This source uses the initials "D. S." in the title but "T. B." in the publication description.
↑ Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (June 1947). "Some Species of Cosmoclostis (Lep.: Alucitidae)". Journal of the Royal Entomological Society of London B. 16 (3–4): 42–52. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1947.tb00855.x.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher D. S., 1947". Afromoths. Retrieved April 3, 2018. Note: This source uses the initials "D. S." in the title but "T. B." in the publication description.

[2] Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (June 1947). "Some Species of Cosmoclostis (Lep.: Alucitidae)". Journal of the Royal Entomological Society of London B. 16 (3–4): 42–52. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1947.tb00855.x.

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