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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 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.
Pebobs is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Cosmopterix scribaiella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from most of Europe to Japan.
Cosmopterix argentitegulella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Russia and China (Jiangxi).
Cosmopterix setariella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Russia, China (Jiangxi) and Japan.
Cosmopterix brevicaudella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Fujian, China.
Cosmopterix baihashanella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Beijing, China.
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 longivalvella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Zhejiang, China.
Cosmopterix phyllostachysea is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China (Jiangxi) and Japan.
Cosmopterix nanshanella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Zhejiang, China.
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 aculeata is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from India (Assam), China and Australia.
Cosmopterix brachyclina is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Taiwan. As of 12 August 2023 it has been reported also in China, India and one peculiar case in Israel
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 flavidella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu in Japan, and in Taiwan and Jiangxi, China.
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