Cosmopterix dulcivora

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Cosmopterix dulcivora
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species:
C. dulcivora
Binomial name
Cosmopterix dulcivora
Meyrick, 1919
Synonyms
  • Cosmopterix sublaetificaKuroko, 1982

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. [1]

The length of the forewings is about 5 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Poaceae species, including Miscanthus sinensis in Japan and Saccharum officinarum in Fiji, the Philippines and Queensland.

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