''Labdia'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...
.
Species
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Labdia acmostacta''
Meyrick, 1932 (
Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...
)
* ''
Labdia acroplecta''
(Meyrick, 1915) (
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
)
* ''
Labdia aeolochorda''
Meyrick, 1927 (
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
)
* ''
Labdia albilineella
''Labdia albilineella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the nort ...
''
(van Deventer, 1904) (Java)
* ''
Labdia albimaculella
''Labdia albimaculella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Java and Borneo
Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censu ...
''
(van Deventer, 1904) (Java)
* ''
Labdia allotriopa
''Labdia allotriopa'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of Ne ...
''
Meyrick, 1923 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia amphipterna
''Labdia amphipterna'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by ...
''
(Meyrick, 1917 (
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
,
Coorg
Kodagu district () (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State ...
)
* ''
Labdia anarithma
''Labdia anarithma'' is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. It is found in New Zealand and throughout Australia. Adults are on the wing from December to March and are day flying. They have been collec ...
''
(Meyrick, 1889) (
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
,
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
)
* ''
Labdia ancylosema
''Labdia ancylosema'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australia ...
''
Turner, 1923 (
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
,
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
)
* ''
Labdia antenella
''Labdia antennella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in South Korea and Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered o ...
''
Sinev & Park, 1994 (
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
)
* ''
Labdia antinopa
''Labdia antinopa'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in t ...
''
(Meyrick, 1917) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia apenthes
''Labdia apenthes'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been seen in Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It i ...
''
Turner, 1939 (
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
)
* ''
Labdia aphanogramma
''Labdia aphanogramma'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in southern India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest c ...
''
Meyrick, 1931 (southern India)
* ''
Labdia aprepes
''Labdia aprepes'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: ''Isatabu'') is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, ...
''
Bradley, 1961 (
Salomon Islands
The Salomon Islands or Salomon Atoll is a small atoll of the Chagos Archipelago.
Description
The atoll is located in the northeast of the Chagos Archipelago, between Blenheim Reef and Peros Banhos. The main islands in the group are Île Bod ...
)
* ''
Labdia arachnitis''
(Meyrick, 1907) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia aresta''
Turner, 1926 (Australia,
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
)
* ''
Labdia argophracta''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia argyropla''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia argyrostrepta''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia,
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
)
* ''
Labdia argyrozona''
(Lower, 1904) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia arimaspia''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, Tasmania)
* ''
Labdia auchmerodes''
Turner, 1939 (Tasmania)
* ''
Labdia autotoma''
(Meyrick, 1919) (Australia, Tasmania)
* ''
Labdia bathrosema''
(Meyrick, 1897 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia bicolorella''
(Snellen, 1901 (Java)
* ''
Labdia bitabulata''
Meyrick, 1935 (
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
)
* ''
Labdia bryomima''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, New South Wales)
* ''
Labdia calida''
Meyrick, 1921 (
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
)
* ''
Labdia callibrocha''
(Meyrick, 1915) (India)
* ''
Labdia calthula''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia calypta''
Bradley, 1961 (Solomon Islands)
* ''
Labdia caroli''
Koster, 2008 (India,
Kashmir
Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir P ...
)
* ''
Labdia catapneusta''
(Meyrick, 1917) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia caudata''
(Meyrick, 1917) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia caulota''
Meyrick, 1918 (
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
)
* ''
Labdia cedrinopa''
Meyrick, 1928 (
New Hebrides
New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium () and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu. Native people had inhabited the islands for three th ...
)
* ''
Labdia ceraunia''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia ceriocosma''
Meyrick, 1934
* ''
Labdia chalcoplecta''
Turner, 1933 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia charisia''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia)
* ''
Labdia chionopsamma''
(Meyrick, 1886) (
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
)
* ''
Labdia chryselecta''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia chrysophoenicea''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia chrysosoma''
Meyrick, 1928 (
New Ireland)
* ''
Labdia citracma''
Meyrick, 1915 (India)
* ''
Labdia citroglypta''
Meyrick, 1928 (
New Britain
New Britain () is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi Island, Umboi the Dampie ...
)
* ''
Labdia clodiana''
Meyrick, 1927 (New Hebrides)
* ''
Labdia clopaea''
(Meyrick, 1917) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia clytemnestra''
Meyrick, 1923 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia compar''
Meyrick, 1921 (Java)
* ''
Labdia cosmangela''
Meyrick, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia cremasta''
(Meyrick, 1915) (India)
* ''
Labdia croccocarpa''
Meyrick, 1928 (New Hebrides)
* ''
Labdia crocotypa''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia cyanocoma''
Meyrick, 1922 (Peru)
* ''
Labdia cyanodora''
Meyrick, 1935 (India)
* ''
Labdia cyanogramma''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, New South Wales)
* ''
Labdia deianira''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia deliciosella
''Labdia deliciosella'' is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia, including the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae bore into the stems of ''Acacia perangus ...
''
Walker, 1864 (Australia)
* ''
Labdia dicarpa''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia dicyanitis''
Meyrick, 1934 (
Rapa Iti
Rapa, also called Rapa Iti, or "Little Rapa", to distinguish it from Easter Island, whose Polynesian name is Rapa Nui, is the largest and only inhabited island of the Bass Islands in French Polynesia. An older name for the island is Oparo. Th ...
)
* ''
Labdia diophanes''
Meyrick, 1928 (
Zimbabwe
file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map
Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...
)
* ''
Labdia dolomella''
Bradley, 1961 (Salomon Islands)
* ''
Labdia drosophanes''
(Meyrick, 1921) (India)
* ''
Labdia echioglossa''
Meyrick, 1928 (
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya and also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the list of isla ...
)
* ''
Labdia ejaculata''
Meyrick, 1921 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia embrochota''
(Meyrick, 1914) (
Malawi
Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...
)
* ''
Labdia emphanopa''
Meyrick, 1922 (India)
* ''
Labdia erebopleura''
Meyrick, 1922 (
Borneo
Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...
,
Kalimantan
Kalimantan (; ) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area, and consists of the provinces of Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan. The non-Ind ...
)
* ''
Labdia eugrapta''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia eumelaena''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia)
* ''
Labdia faceta''
(Meyrick, 1917) (India, Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia fasciella''
Sinev, 1993 (
Russian Far East
The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...
)
* ''
Labdia fletcherella''
Bradley, 1951 (India)
* ''
Labdia gastroptila''
Meyrick, 1931 (India)
* ''
Labdia glaucoxantha''
Meyrick, 1921 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia gypsodelta''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia halticopa''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia hastifera''
Meyrick, 1920 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia helena''
Meyrick, 1928 (New Ireland)
* ''
Labdia hexaspila''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, New South Wales)
* ''
Labdia hieracha''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia holopetra''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia ilarcha''
(Meyrick, 1911) (the
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...
)
* ''
Labdia incompta''
(Meyrick, 1917) (India)
* ''
Labdia inodes''
Meyrick, 1922 (India)
* ''
Labdia internexa''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia intuens''
Meyrick, 1923 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia iolampra''
Meyrick, 1938 (
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
,
Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
)
* ''
Labdia ioxantha''
(Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia irigramma''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia irimetalla''
Meyrick, 1933 (
Zaire
Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-la ...
)
* ''
Labdia irrigua''
(Meyrick, 1915) (Australia, Northern Territory)
* ''
Labdia ischnotypa''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia isomerista''
Bradley, 1961 (Salomon Islands)
* ''
Labdia issikii''
Kuroko, 1892 (
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
)
* ''
Labdia leptonoma''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia leucatella''
(Snellen, 1901 (Java)
* ''
Labdia leucombra''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia leuconota''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia liolitha''
Meyrick, 1922 (India)
* ''
Labdia macrobela''
Meyrick, 1918 (
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...
)
* ''
Labdia microchalca''
Meyrick, 1921 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia microdictyas''
Meyrick, 1923 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia microglena''
(Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia mitrophora''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia molybdaula''
(Meyrick, 1915) (India)
* ''
Labdia myrrhicoma''
(Meyrick, 1917) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia nesophora''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia)
* ''
Labdia niphocera''
Turner, 1923 (Australia)
* ''
Labdia niphostephes''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia niphosticta''
(Meyrick, 1936) (Japan)
* ''
Labdia niphoxantha''
Meyrick, 1930 (India)
* ''
Labdia notochorda''
(Meyrick, 1907) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia nutrix''
Meyrick, 1928 (India)
* ''
Labdia ochrostephana''
Turner, 1923 (Australia)
* ''
Labdia ochrotypa''
Bradley, 1961 (Salomon Islands)
* ''
Labdia orthoschema''
Turner, 1923 (Australia)
* ''
Labdia orthritis''
Meyrick, 1930 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia oxycharis''
Meyrick, 1921 (Java)
* ''
Labdia oxychlora''
Meyrick, 1932 (
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...
)
* ''
Labdia oxyleuca''
(Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia oxysema''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia oxytoma''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, Tasmania)
* ''
Labdia pammeces''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia pantopyrta''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia paropis''
(Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia pentachrysis''
(Meyrick, 1931) (Java)
* ''
Labdia petroxesta''
Meyrick, 1921 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia phaeocala''
Turner, 1926 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia picrochalca''
Meyrick, 1937
* ''
Labdia pileata''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, North South Wales)
* ''
Labdia planetopa''
(Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia promacha''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, New South Wales)
* ''
Labdia properans''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia psarodes''
Bradley, 1961 (Solomon Islands)
* ''
Labdia pyrrhota''
(Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia rationalis''
Meyrick, 1921 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia redimita''
(Meyrick, 1917) (India)
* ''
Labdia rhadinopis''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia rhectaula''
Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa)
* ''
Labdia rheocosticha''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia saliens''
Meyrick, 1928 (New Hebrides)
* ''
Labdia saponacea''
Meyrick, 1922 (India
* ''
Labdia sarcodryas''
Meyrick, 1922 (India)
* ''
Labdia scenodoxa''
Meyrick, 1923 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia schismatias''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia selenopis''
(Meyrick, 1905) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia semicoccinea''
(Stainton, 1859) (India)
* ''
Labdia semiramis''
Meyrick, 1930
* ''
Labdia semnolitha
''Labdia semnolitha'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on the New Hebrides
New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium () and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial name for the island group in ...
''
Meyrick, 1928 (New Hebrides)
* ''
Labdia sirenia''
(Meyrick, 1917) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia sophista''
(Meyrick, 1917) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia sphenoclina''
Meyrick, 1922 (India)
* ''
Labdia spirocosma''
Meyrick, 1921 (Fiji)
* ''
Labdia stagmatophorella''
Sinev, 1993 (Russian Far East)
* ''
Labdia stibogramma''
Meyrick, 1924 (Malaya)
* ''
Labdia symbolias''
(Meyrick, 1906 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia terenopa''
(Meyrick, 1917) (Sri Lanka)
* ''
Labdia thalamaula''
(Meyrick, 1915) (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia thermophila''
(Lower, 1900) (Australia, New South Wales)
* ''
Labdia torodoxa''
Meyrick, 1928 (New Hebrides)
* ''
Labdia tribrachynta''
Meyrick, 1928 (India)
* ''
Labdia trichaeola''
Meyrick, 1933 (Java)
* ''
Labdia triploa''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia tristoecha''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
* ''
Labdia trivincta''
(Meyrick, 1897) (Australia, New South Wales)
* ''
Labdia xylinaula''
Meyrick, 1935 (India)
* ''
Labdia zunobela''
Turner, 1923 (Australia, Queensland)
Selected former species
* ''
Labdia philocarpa''
(Meyrick, 1921)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1694151
Cosmopteriginae
Cosmopterigidae genera