Cosmopterix salahinella

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Cosmopterix salahinella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species:
C. salahinella
Binomial name
Cosmopterix salahinella
Chrétien, 1907
Synonyms
  • Cosmopterix rufellaTurati, 1927
  • Cosmopterix phragmitidisAmsel, 1935 [1]

Cosmopterix salahinella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Israel east to Saudi Arabia and Iran. [2]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of January to the end of May. There are two generations per year in Egypt.

The larvae feed on Phragmites australis and Arundo donax . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place inside of the mine. Larvae can be found from summer to February.

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References

  1. ↑ A Review of Cosmopterigid Moths of the Genus Cosmopterix Hb. (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) of Palaearctic Region Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 5, Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN   87-88757-66-8, S. 120.


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