| Cosmopterix ornithognathosella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Cosmopterix |
| Species: | C. ornithognathosella |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosmopterix ornithognathosella Mey, 1998 | |
Cosmopterix ornithognathosella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Wolfram Mey in 1998. It is found on Mindanao in the Philippines. [1]
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. The taxonomic family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with about 780 species.
Cosmopterix is a large genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius and Saint Helena.
Cosmopterix clemensella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.
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.
Pebobs is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Cosmopterix schmidiella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from most of Great Britain to Romania, and from Japan through central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula. It is believed to be extinct in Britain.
Cosmopterix scribaiella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from most of Europe to Japan.
Cosmopterix pararufella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Spain, Greece, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus and North Africa, including Egypt.
Cosmopterix sichuanella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China.
Cosmopterix bifidiguttata is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Jiangxi and Zhejiang, China.
Cosmopterix phyllostachysea is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China (Jiangxi) and Japan.
Cosmopterix gracilis is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China (Jiangxi), Japan, Korea and Russia.
Cosmopterix jiangxiella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Jiangxi, China.
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.
Cosmopterix latilineata is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Thailand and the Philippines.
Cosmopterix salahinella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Israel east to Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Cosmopterix infundibulella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Sinev in 1988. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorye).
Cosmopterix panayella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on the island of Panay in the Philippines.
Cosmopterix javanica is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Kuroko in 2011. It is found on Java.