Cosmoclostis pesseuta

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Cosmoclostis pesseuta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Cosmoclostis
Species:
C. pesseuta
Binomial name
Cosmoclostis pesseuta
Meyrick, 1906
Synonyms
  • Cosmoclostis premnicolaT. B. Fletcher, 1932

Cosmoclostis pesseuta is a species of moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka but has also been recorded from New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. [1] Recently, it has also been collected in Queensland, Australia.

Larvae have been reared from Premna latifolia .

References

  1. Cees Gielis (January 1, 2008). "Cosmoclostis pesseuta". Papua-insects.nl. Retrieved 2009-02-20.