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] Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius and Saint Helena.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. There are probably two generations per year in the south of the temperate zone and more overlapping generations in the tropics, because here adults can be found throughout the year. [3]

The larvae feed on Poaceae ( Melinus minutiflora ), [4] Cyperus rotundus and Scirpus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch that descends from close to the tip of the leaf, occupying the entire width of the leaf. Older parts are brown and shrivelled, while youngest parts are yellow. The frass is black. Pupation takes place in an elongate white cocoon within the mine. [5]

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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. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-03-17.


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