Cosmopterix callinympha

Last updated

Cosmopterix callinympha
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species:
C. callinympha
Binomial name
Cosmopterix callinympha
Meyrick, 1913

Cosmopterix callinympha is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa. [1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are bronzy ochreous with the costal and dorsal edges white from the base to the band and with a white subcostal line almost from the base to the band, touching the costa anteriorly. There is a white median line from the base to the band and a white subdorsal line from one-fourth to the band, as well as a broad irregular-edged orange band extending from before the middle to two-thirds, containing four golden-metallic spots (two dorsal, one subcostal beyond the first dorsal, edged posteriorly with a black speck, and one costal above the second dorsal). There is a white streak from the band along the termen to the apex. The hindwings are whitish. [2]

Related Research Articles

<i>Cosmopterix</i> Genus of moths

Cosmopterix is a large genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.

<i>Cosmopterix astrapias</i> Species of moth from the Americas

Cosmopterix astrapias is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States, Argentina, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico (Tabasco) and Puerto Rico.

<i>Cosmopterix bacata</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix bacata is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in the United States from northern Florida to southwest Alabama south to central Florida and Louisiana.

<i>Cosmopterix citrinopa</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix citrinopa is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Peru.

<i>Cosmopterix delicatella</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix delicatella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from North Carolina, United States, but is possibly more widespread.

<i>Cosmopterix floridanella</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix floridanella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in the United States, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica and the US Virgin Islands.

<i>Cosmopterix iocaste</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix iocaste is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Federal District of Brazil.

<i>Cosmopterix isotoma</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix isotoma is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Federal District and Pará in Brazil and from Guyana.

<i>Cosmopterix lespedezae</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix lespedezae is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States.

<i>Cosmopterix montisella</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix montisella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States, where it is found from New York and Oregon south to New Mexico, Arizona and California. Single specimens have been collected in Arkansas and Iowa. The species is now also established in Michigan.

<i>Cosmopterix pimmaarteni</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix pimmaarteni is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Federal District of Brazil.

<i>Cosmopterix pulchrimella</i> Species of moth

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.

<i>Cosmopterix saltensis</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix saltensis is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Salta, Argentina.

<i>Cosmopterix scirpicola</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix scirpicola is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States, where found from Maryland and eastern Wyoming to Florida, south-western Louisiana and California. It has also been recorded from Alabama.

<i>Cosmopterix teligera</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix teligera is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica and Mexico (Tamaulipas).

<i>Cosmopterix thebe</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix thebe is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Loreto Province, Peru.

<i>Cosmopterix xanthura</i> Species of moth

Cosmopterix xanthura is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Mexico (Tabasco). Adults have been recorded in March.

<i>Cosmopterix lienigiella</i> Species of moth

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 ancistraea is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.

Cosmopterix macroglossa is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cosmopterix callinympha Meyrick, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 307 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.