Cosmopterix luteoapicalis

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Cosmopterix luteoapicalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species:
C. luteoapicalis
Binomial name
Cosmopterix luteoapicalis
Sinev, 2002

Cosmopterix luteoapicalis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Sinev in 2002. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Senegal. [1] [2]

The larvae feed on Cyperus rotundus .

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Ghesquière, 1942". Afromoths. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2017.