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.
Ressia is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Cosmopterix astrapias is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States, Argentina, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico (Tabasco) and Puerto Rico.
Cosmopterix callichalca is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Argentina (Salta), Brazil and the United States
Cosmopterix callisto is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Peru.
Cosmopterix carpo is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands (Tortola).
Cosmopterix chaldene is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Federal District of Brazil.
Cosmopterix clemensella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.
Cosmopterix iocaste is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Federal District of Brazil.
Cosmopterix nishidai is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Costa Rica.
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.
Cosmopterix schouteni is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Jujuy Province, Argentina.
Cosmopterix taygete is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Bahia, Brazil.
Cosmopterix thyone is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Pebobs elara is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Cuba and Jamaica.
Pancalia leuwenhoekella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Tolliella truncatula is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Henan, China.
Ressia quercidentella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China, Korea and the Russian Far East.
Ressia tonkinella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Vietnam.
"Elachista" argopis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.
