Cosmopterix attenuatella

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Cosmopterix attenuatella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species:
C. attenuatella
Binomial name
Cosmopterix attenuatella
(Walker, 1864) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia attenuatellaWalker, 1864
  • Cosmopterix flavofasciataE. Wollaston, 1879
  • Cosmopterix mimetisMeyrick, 1897
  • Cosmopteryx veneficaMeyrick, 1915
  • Cosmopteryx apiculataMeyrick, 1922
  • Cosmopterix antilliaForbes, 1931

Cosmopterix attenuatella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of both the Old and New World, including the United States, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Galápagos Islands, Cook Islands, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, [2] China, Japan, [3] Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius and Saint Helena.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. [4]

The larvae feed on Poaceae ( Melinus minutiflora ), [5] Cyperus rotundus and Scirpus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lepidoptera of New Zealand". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  2. ↑ RJB Hoare; N Hudson (December 2018). "Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: Additions and new identifications since 2001". Australian Entomologist . 45 (3): 273–324. ISSN   1320-6133. Wikidata   Q110305107.
  3. ↑ Kuroko, Hiroshi & Liu, Youqiao (2005). "A study of Chinese Cosmopterix Hubner (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae), with descriptions of new species". Lepidoptera Science. 56 (2): 131–144. doi: 10.18984/lepid.56.2_131 .
  4. ↑ "The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World with special attention to the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae)". Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  5. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-03-17.


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