| Cosmopterix aculeata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Cosmopterix |
| Species: | C. aculeata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosmopterix aculeata Meyrick, 1909 | |
Cosmopterix aculeata is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from India (Assam), China and Australia. [1]
It is multivoltine, with adults recorded from March to November.
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, stems, etc. 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.
Cosmopterix is a large genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Cosmopterix clemensella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.
Cosmopterix pulchrimella, the beautiful cosmopterix moth, is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States and Canada. It is also present in the Palearctic realm, where it is known from the Mediterranean Basin, from Portugal to the western Transcaucasus, north to Switzerland and Hungary. It has also been recorded from the Azores, the Canary Islands and Madeira. It has recently been found in southern England.
Pebobs is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Cosmopterix lienigiella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Spain, the Alps and Greece and from Ireland to Ukraine. It is also present in eastern Russia and Japan. It is the type species of the genus Cosmopterix.
Cosmopterix orichalcea is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from most of Europe east to Japan.
Cosmopterix schmidiella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from most of Great Britain to Romania, and from Japan through central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula. It is believed to be extinct in Britain.
Cosmopterix scribaiella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from most of Europe to Japan.
Cosmopterix zieglerella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from most of Europe east to Japan.
Cosmopterix argentitegulella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Russia and China (Jiangxi).
Cosmopterix pararufella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Spain, Greece, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus and North Africa, including Egypt.
Cosmopterix brevicaudella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Fujian, China.
Cosmopterix dulcivora is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China (Jiangxi), Japan, Russia, Fiji, Samoa, the Philippines (Negros), Java and Queensland, Australia.
Cosmopterix hamifera is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, South Africa and India.
Cosmopterix gloriosa is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found on Fiji.
Cosmopterix luteoapicalis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Sinev in 2002. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Senegal.
Cosmopterix manipularis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Kodagu district, India.
Cosmopterix panayella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on the island of Panay in the Philippines.
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