The Cosmopterigidae are a
family of
insects (cosmet moths) in the order
Lepidoptera
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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.
Several genera formerly included here have been moved to the
Agonoxeninae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus ''Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic arr ...
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Taxonomy
The family consists of four subfamilies and these genera:
*Subfamily
Antequerinae
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Chrysopeleiinae
The Chrysopeleiinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae, although some authors treat it as a full family, the Chrysopeleiidae.Niels P. Kristensen: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. In: Maximilian Fischer (Hrsg.): Handbook of Zoology. 1. Aufl ...
Mosher, 1916
*Subfamily Cosmopteriginae
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Adeana
''Adeana'' is a gelechioid moth genus usually placed in the cosmet moth family (Cosmopterigidae), subfamily Cosmopteriginae. Only a single species is known, ''Adeana leucoxantha''. It occurs in southern Polynesia.
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Anatrachyntis
''Anatrachyntis'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Some authors include it in '' Pyroderces''.
Species
*'' Anatrachyntis acris'' (Meyrick, 1911) (the Seychelles)
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Anoncia
''Anoncia'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Anoncia aciculata'' (Meyrick, 1928)
*'' Anoncia alboligula'' Hodges, 1962
*'' Anoncia bitoqua'' Hodges, 1978
*'' Anoncia brunneipes'' Hodges, 1962
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Aphanosara
''Aphanosara'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Aphanosara planistes'', which is found in Puerto Rico
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Archisopha
''Archisopha'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Archisopha foliosa'', which is found in Sri Lanka
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Ashibusa
''Ashibusa'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Axiarcha
''Axiarcha'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Axiarcha discosema'', which is found in South Africa
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Clemmatista
''Clemmatista'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cosmopterigidae. Its single species, ''Clemmatista metacirrha'', is found in India. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick
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Coccidiphila
''Coccidiphila'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Coccidiphila danilevskyi'' Sinev, 1997 (from Europe and North Africa)
*'' Coccidiphila gerasimovi'' Danilevsky, 1950 (Mediterranean area, Canaries, Caucasus)
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Diatonica
''Diatonica'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Diatonica macrogramma'', which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria
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Diversivalva
''Diversivalva'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Diversivalva minutella'', which is found in Russia
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Dorodoca
''Dorodoca'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Dromiaulis
''Dromiaulis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Dromiaulis excitata'', which is found in Peru
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Eralea''
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Hodgesiella
''Hodgesiella'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Hyposmocoma
''Hyposmocoma'' is a genus of moths with more 350 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The genus was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. Most species of ''Hyposmocoma'' have plant-based diets, but four species, such as '' Hypos ...
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Glaphyristis
''Glaphyristis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
* '' Glaphyristis lithinopa'' Meyrick, 1917
* '' Glaphyristis marmarea'' Meyrick, 1897
* '' Glaphyristis politicopa'' Meyrick, 1934
References
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Haplochrois
''Haplochrois'' is a genus of moths in the family Elachistidae, though some classifications place it in the Agonoxenidae, Coleophoridae or Cosmopterigidae.
Selected species
* '' Haplochrois albanica'' (Rebel & Zerny, 1932)
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Heureta
''Heureta'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Heureta cirrhodora'' (Meyrick, 1915)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Heterotactis
''Heterotactis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Heterotactis quincuncialis'', which is found in India.
References
External linksNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Idiostyla
''Idiostyla'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was discovered in 1921 by Edward Meyrick. Species include ''oculata'' and ''catharopis''. Both were discovered in Fiji and neither has been catalogued since.
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Isidiella
''Isidiella'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Isidiella divitella'' (Constant, 1885)
*'' Isidiella labathiella'' (Viette, 1956)
*''Isidiella nickerlii
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Isorrhoa
''Isorrhoa'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Labdia
''Labdia'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
* '' Labdia acmostacta'' Meyrick, 1932 (Java)
* '' Labdia acroplecta'' (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
* '' Labdia aeolochorda'' Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
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Macrobathra
''Macrobathra'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Most species are endemic to Australia
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Melanocinclis
''Melanocinclis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*''Melanocinclis gnoma'' Hodges, 1978
*''Melanocinclis lineigera'' Hodges, 1962
*''Melanocinclis nigrilineella'' (Chambers, 1878)
*''Melanocinclis sparsa'' Hodges, 1978
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Mimodoxa
''Mimodoxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*''Mimodoxa dryina'' Lower, 1901
*''Mimodoxa empyrophanes'' Turner, 1932
*''Mimodoxa loxospila'' Turner, 1932
*''Mimodoxa metallica'' (Lower, 1899)
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Morphotica
''Morphotica'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Morphotica mirifica'', which is found in northern Australia
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Mothonodes
''Mothonodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Mothonodes obusta'', which is found in Australia
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Opszyga
''Limnaecia'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*''Limnaecia acontophora''
*''Limnaecia adiacrita'' Turner, 1923
*''Limnaecia amblopa''
*''Limnaecia ancilla''
*''Limnaecia anisodesma'' Lower, 1904
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Otonoma
''Otonoma'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Otonoma anemois'' Meyrick, 1897
*'' Otonoma leucochlaena'' Meyrick, 1919
*'' Otonoma sophronica'' Meyrick, 1920
*'' Otonoma sphenosema'' (Meyrick, 1897)
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Paratheta
''Paratheta'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Parathystas
''Parathystas'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Parathystas porphyrantha'', which is found in South Africa.
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Passalotis
''Passalotis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Passalotis irianthes'', is found in Taiwan.
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Pebobs
''Pebobs'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Description Adult
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Pechyptila
''Pechyptila'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Pechyptila rhodocharis'', which is found in Australia
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Persicoptila
''Persicoptila'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*''Persicoptila acrostigma''
*''Persicoptila aesthetica''
*''Persicoptila anthomima''
*''Persicoptila anthophyes''
*''Persicoptila aquilifera''
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Pyroderces
''Pyroderces'' is a genus of cosmet moths (family
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Ramphis
''Ramphis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Ramphis ibericus'' Riedl, 1969
*'' Ramphis libanoticus'' Riedl, 1969
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Ressia
''Ressia'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Rhadinastis
''Rhadinastis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*''Rhadinastis loraria'' Meyrick, 1917
*''Rhadinastis melitocosma'' Meyrick, 1931
*''Rhadinastis microlychna'' Meyrick, 1897
*''Rhadinastis phoenicopa'' Meyrick, 1907
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Sematoptis
''Sematoptis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Sematoptis amphilychna'', which is found in Chile
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Stagmatophora
''Stagmatophora'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Stagmatophora acanthodes''
*'' Stagmatophora basanistis''
*'' Stagmatophora chopardella''
*'' Stagmatophora clinarcha''
*'' Stagmatophora diakonoffi''
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Syntomaula
''Syntomaula'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Syntomaula cana'' Moriuti, 1977
*'' Syntomaula microsperma'' Diakonoff, 1954
*'' Syntomaula simulatella'' Walker, 1864
*''Syntomaula tephrota
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Tanygona
''Tanygona'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Tanygona lignicolorella'', which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, M ...
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Teladoma
''Teladoma'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Teladoma astigmatica'' (Meyrick, 1928)
*'' Teladoma exigua'' Hodges, 1978
*'' Teladoma habra'' Hodges, 1978
*'' Teladoma helianthi'' Busck, 1932
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Tetraconta
''Tetraconta'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Tetraconta clepsimorpha'', which is found in Australia
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Tolliella
''Tolliella'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Tolliella fulguritella'' (Ragonot, 1895)
*'' Tolliella truncatula'' Z.W. Zhang & H.H. Li, 2009
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Triclonella
''Triclonella'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Trissodoris
''Trissodoris'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Ulochora
''Ulochora'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cosmopterigidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It contains only one species, ''Ulochora streptosema'', described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Fiji
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Urangela
''Urangela'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cosmopterigidae described by August Busck in 1912. It contains only one species, ''Urangela pygmaea'', described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Panama
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Vulcaniella
''Vulcaniella'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae, containing the following species:
*'' Vulcaniella anatolica'' Koster & Sinev, 2003
*'' Vulcaniella caucasica'' Sinev, 1986
*'' Vulcaniella cognatella'' Riedl, 1991
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Scaeosophinae
The Scaeosophinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae.
Genera
*''Allotalanta''
*'' Archisopha''
*''Cyphothyris''
*''Helicacma''
*''Hyalochna''
*''Isostreptis''
*''Protogrypa''
*''Scaeosopha''
*''Scalideutis''
*''Streptothyris
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Acleracra
''Acleracra'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Acleracra pancarphalea'', which is found in New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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Aganoptila
''Aganoptila'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Aganoptila durata'' Meyrick, 1922
*'' Aganoptila phanarcha'' Meyrick, 1915
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Amblytenes
''Amblytenes'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Amblytenes lunatica'', which is found in Brazil. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
References
External links
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Apothetodes
''Apothetodes'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Apothetodes dialectica'', which is found in India.
References
External links
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Clarkeophlebia
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''Clarkeophlebia'' is an enigmatic and almost-unknown gelechioid moth genus. It contains a single species, ''Clarkeophlebia argentea'', and is apparently endemic to Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of Polynesia. It was originall ...
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Colonophora
''Colonophora'' is a genus of moth
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Dynatophysis
''Dynatophysis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Dynatophysis perichrysa'', which is found in New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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Griphocosma
''Griphocosma'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cosmopterigidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1929. It contains only one species, ''Griphocosma citroplecta'', described by Edward Meyrick in 1917, which is found in Busa, ...
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Haplophylax
''Haplophylax'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Haplophylax paraphanes'', which is found in India.
References
External linksNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Harpograptis
''Harpograptis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Harpograptis eucharacta'', which is found in Brazil. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
References
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Hedroxena
''Hedroxena'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Hedroxena barbara'', which is found on the New Hebrides.
References
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Herlinda
''Herlinda'' is a genus of cosmet moths ( family Cosmopterigidae). These moths were only discovered in 1968 and the genus was not described until 1986; its affiliations within the family are presently unknown (but see below). This genus, as far ...
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Homosaces
''Homosaces'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*''Homosaces anthocoma'' Meyrick, 1894
*''Homosaces arvalis'' Meyrick, 1910
*''Homosaces nyctiphronas'' Meyrick, 1931
*''Homosaces pelochares'' Meyrick, 1934
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Ischnangela
''Ischnangela'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Ischnangela eremocentra'', which is found on Java.
References
External links
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Melanozestis
''Melanozestis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Melanozestis heterodesma'', which is found in South Africa.
References
External links
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Meleonoma
''Meleonoma'' is a genus of moths in the family Autostichidae.
Taxonomic history & placement
''Meleonoma'' was established by Edward Meyrick in 1914, who placed the genus in the family Oecophoridae. Subsequently, Clarke (1965) listed the genu ...
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Melnea
''Melnea'' is a gelechioid moth genus usually placed in the cosmet moth family (Cosmopterigidae); its exact relationships are not yet resolved however. Only a single species is known, ''Melnea armigera''. It ranges widely in insular Melanesia and ...
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Meneptila
''Meneptila'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Meneptila praedonia'', which is found in India.
References
External linksNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Microzestis
''Microzestis'' is a gelechioid moth genus usually placed in the cosmet moth family (Cosmopterigidae); its exact relationships are not yet resolved however. Only a single species is known, ''Microzestis inelegans''. It occurs in the Marquesas Isla ...
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Minivalva
''Minivalva'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Minivalva kondarella'', which is found in Tajikistan.
References
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Neachandella
''Neachandella'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Neachandella desis'', which is found in New Guinea.
References
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Neomelanesthes
''Neomelanesthes'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Neomelanesthes atopa'' (Bradley, 1959)
*'' Neomelanesthes disema'' (Diakonoff, 1954)
Etymology
The genus name refers to the preexisting genus name '' Melanesthes ...
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Pauroptila
''Pauroptila'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Pauroptila galenitis'', which is found in South Africa.
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Phepsalostoma
''Phepsalostoma'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Phepsalostoma electracma'', which is found on Java.
References
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Phosphaticola
''Phosphaticola'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Phosphaticola gemmatella'', which is found in Tunisia.
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Protorhiza
''Protorhiza'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Protorhiza cyanosticta'', which is found in the Philippines (Luzon).
References
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Pseudascalenia
''Pseudascalenia'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*''Pseudascalenia abbasella'' Kasy, 1975
*''Pseudascalenia riadella'' Kasy, 1968
ReferencesNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Pycnagorastis
''Pycnagorastis'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Pycnagorastis tanyopa'', which is found in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost ...
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Pyretaulax
''Pyretaulax'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Pyretaulax miltogramma'', which is found on Java.
References
External links
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Schendylotis
''Schendylotis'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Schendylotis chrysota'', which is found in India.
References
External links
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Sindicola
''Sindicola'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
*'' Sindicola juengeri'' Amsel, 1968
*'' Sindicola squamella'' Amsel, 1968
Status unknown
*''Sindicola ussuriella'' Sinev
References
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Spiroterma
''Spiroterma'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Spiroterma caranaea'', which is found in Sri Lanka
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Stromatitica
''Stromatitica'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Stromatitica chrysanthes'', which is found on the Solomon Islands.
References
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Strophalingias
''Strophalingias'' is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, ''Strophalingias allactica'', which is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is ...
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Thectophila
''Thectophila'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae, although some sources place it in the family Blastodacnidae. The genus contains only one species, ''Thectophila acmotypa''. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is clas ...
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Trachydora
''Trachydora'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, see ...
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Zanclarches
''Zanclarches'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cosmopterigidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. Its only species, ''Zanclarches fastosa'', described by the same author in the same year, is found on Java in Indonesia.
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Selected former genera
*''Eritarbes''
*''Lallia''
*''Scaeothyris''
*''Xestocasis''
See also
*List of cosmopterigid genera
References
External links
Cosmopterigidae
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070930220641/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=3091 Cosmopterigidae at Fauna Europaeabr>Family Classification
Moth families
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