''Cosmoclostis parauxileuca'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in

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References

* , 2004: First record of the genus ''Cosmoclostis'' Meyrick from China, with descriptions of two new species (lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). ''Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica'' 29 (1): 142-146. Moths described in 2004 Pterophorini {{Pterophoridae-stub