''Cosmopterix margaritae'' is a
moth of the family
Cosmopterigidae. It is found from the island of
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...
in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
and from
Taiwan.
The length of the forewings is 3.6–4 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in July and November.
The larvae feed on ''
Digitalia adscendens'' and ''
Paspalum conjugatum''.
Two new species of the genus Cosmopterix Hubner (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) from Japan and neighboring countries
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References
Moths described in 2011
margaritae
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