Cosmopterix coryphaea

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Cosmopterix coryphaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species:
C. coryphaea
Binomial name
Cosmopterix coryphaea
(Walsingham, 1908) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cosmopteryx coryphaeaWalsingham, 1908
  • Cosmopteryx coryphaeAgenjo, 1952
  • Cosmopteryx donatellaeMariani, 1932
  • Cosmopteryx formosaAmsel, 1935

Cosmopterix coryphaea is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean region from Spain to Cyprus.

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. [2]

The larvae feed on Phragmites australis . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [3]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. lepiforum.de
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-03-21.