Cosmopterix
Encyclopedia
Cosmopterix is a large genus of moth
in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Cosmopterix species are very small to small moths with a forewing length of 2.9-6.5 mm. Head smooth-scaled, rather long and narrow caused by the large and bent scales on the vertex; frons distinctly lighter than vertex, from vertex to neck tufts often a median and/or two lateral white lines; antenna three-quarters to four-fifths of the length of forewing, often slightly serrate distally, and generally with a white, often partly interrupted, anterior line and several white sections in the apical part; labial palpus cylindrical, porrect, apical segment strongly angled upwards and often reaching well above the head. Thorax with or without a median white line, tegulae often lined white inwardly. Forewing narrowly lanceolate with long and very narrowly protruding apex and usually with a very characteristic yellow or orange fascia beyond the middle, this fascia bordered by tubercular metallic fasciae or spots; basal area with a metallic fascia or spots or with three to six longitudinal lines of different length, cilia concolorous around apex, paler towards dorsum. Hindwing almost linear, less than half the width of forewing and acutely pointed, from pale yellow to dark grey, without markings, cilia concolorous without ciliary lines. The forewing can generally be divided into three parts: The basal area from base to middle of wing, followed by the broad transverse fascia and beyond this the apical area. The basal area generally with a series of longitudinal lines, often very narrow or a single and oblique, sometimes interrupted, fascia. The lines are mentioned from costa to dorsum as the costal, the subcostal, the medial, the subdorsal and the dorsal line. The transverse fascia is strikingly coloured from pale yellow to orange and in combination with the narrow wings it makes the species of Cosmopterix and Pebobs easy recognisable. The transverse fascia is always more or less edged on both sides by fasciae or spots. These fascia or spots consist of very strikingly silver or golden metallic coloured tubercular scales. Some species partly or completely lack the yellowish colour of the transverse fascia. However, the presence of the ‘fascia’ can be observed by the lining tubercular fasciae or spots. The transverse fascia can be edged by a combination of inner and outer fasciae and/or by an inner and outer (sub)costal and (sub)dorsal spots. Sometimes the (sub)costal and (sub)dorsal spots are situated inside the transverse fascia. The apical area is generally concolorous with the basal area, but occasionally the colouration differs. In the centre or on the dorsal side of the apical area is a longitudinal apical line, running from the transverse fascia to apex of forewing. This line is often interrupted or only present as one or more dots or streaks. Markings of the costal and dorsal cilia of the forewing are as follows: a white streak from outer costal spot in almost all of the species, a white streak or spot connected to the apical line is very common, and occasionally there is a white streak from outer dorsal spot. For identification of the species by the external features, mainly the markings of the head, thorax and forewing are of diagnostic importance. Wing venation with 12 veins in forewing and 7 veins in hindwing. Forewing with Sc and R1-R4 to costa; R5 directing towards the narrow tip; M1-CuA2 to termen; CuP very weak and not reaching termen; 1A+2A with basal fork, to dorsum. Hindwing Sc and Rs to costa; M1-CuA2 to termen; veins often not fully developed due to the narrow shape of the hindwing.
s on a large diversity of usually herbaceous plants. They have been found oligophagous or even monophagous on the following plant families: Asteraceae
, Cannabaceae
, Convolvulaceae
, Cyperaceae
, Poaceae
, Fabaceae
, Urticaceae
. The mines are blotch mines and in several species the larvae more or less frequently change mines. Larvae of other species stay in a single mine during their complete development and leave the mine only prior to pupation or pupate inside the mine. In several species the larva constructs a silken tunnel inside the mine in which it hides when not feeding or when disturbed. In colder climates species usually have one generation where hibernation takes place in the larval stage in a cocoon in or outside the mine. Pupation takes place in spring. In warmer climates the species have more than one, sometimes overlapping, generations.
For Cosmopterix gomezpompai
a twirling behaviour has been observed by the adult. In this case the moth runs on the upper side of a leaf and simultaneously makes very fast circling movements. As soon as it comes across something unusual on the surface, like a spot, the circling slows down and is concentrated on that spot. It appears that it is feeding mostly on the dark brown spots (most likely a part of a bird dropping) on the leaf. Probably the moth is looking for nutrition. The twirling behaviour, without the possible feeding, has also been observed with Cosmopterix pulchrimella
in Greece. This behaviour is described for Cosmopterix victor and also for a species of the family Gelechiidae
.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc of their host plants. There are about 1,500 described species...
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Adult
- See glossaryGlossary of Lepidopteran termsThis glossary describes the terms used in the formal descriptions of insect species, jargon used mostly by professionals or entomologist....
for terms used
Cosmopterix species are very small to small moths with a forewing length of 2.9-6.5 mm. Head smooth-scaled, rather long and narrow caused by the large and bent scales on the vertex; frons distinctly lighter than vertex, from vertex to neck tufts often a median and/or two lateral white lines; antenna three-quarters to four-fifths of the length of forewing, often slightly serrate distally, and generally with a white, often partly interrupted, anterior line and several white sections in the apical part; labial palpus cylindrical, porrect, apical segment strongly angled upwards and often reaching well above the head. Thorax with or without a median white line, tegulae often lined white inwardly. Forewing narrowly lanceolate with long and very narrowly protruding apex and usually with a very characteristic yellow or orange fascia beyond the middle, this fascia bordered by tubercular metallic fasciae or spots; basal area with a metallic fascia or spots or with three to six longitudinal lines of different length, cilia concolorous around apex, paler towards dorsum. Hindwing almost linear, less than half the width of forewing and acutely pointed, from pale yellow to dark grey, without markings, cilia concolorous without ciliary lines. The forewing can generally be divided into three parts: The basal area from base to middle of wing, followed by the broad transverse fascia and beyond this the apical area. The basal area generally with a series of longitudinal lines, often very narrow or a single and oblique, sometimes interrupted, fascia. The lines are mentioned from costa to dorsum as the costal, the subcostal, the medial, the subdorsal and the dorsal line. The transverse fascia is strikingly coloured from pale yellow to orange and in combination with the narrow wings it makes the species of Cosmopterix and Pebobs easy recognisable. The transverse fascia is always more or less edged on both sides by fasciae or spots. These fascia or spots consist of very strikingly silver or golden metallic coloured tubercular scales. Some species partly or completely lack the yellowish colour of the transverse fascia. However, the presence of the ‘fascia’ can be observed by the lining tubercular fasciae or spots. The transverse fascia can be edged by a combination of inner and outer fasciae and/or by an inner and outer (sub)costal and (sub)dorsal spots. Sometimes the (sub)costal and (sub)dorsal spots are situated inside the transverse fascia. The apical area is generally concolorous with the basal area, but occasionally the colouration differs. In the centre or on the dorsal side of the apical area is a longitudinal apical line, running from the transverse fascia to apex of forewing. This line is often interrupted or only present as one or more dots or streaks. Markings of the costal and dorsal cilia of the forewing are as follows: a white streak from outer costal spot in almost all of the species, a white streak or spot connected to the apical line is very common, and occasionally there is a white streak from outer dorsal spot. For identification of the species by the external features, mainly the markings of the head, thorax and forewing are of diagnostic importance. Wing venation with 12 veins in forewing and 7 veins in hindwing. Forewing with Sc and R1-R4 to costa; R5 directing towards the narrow tip; M1-CuA2 to termen; CuP very weak and not reaching termen; 1A+2A with basal fork, to dorsum. Hindwing Sc and Rs to costa; M1-CuA2 to termen; veins often not fully developed due to the narrow shape of the hindwing.
Biology
The larvae are leaf minerLeaf miner
Leaf miner is a term used to describe the larvae of many different species of insect which live in and eat the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths , sawflies and flies , though some beetles and wasps also exhibit this behavior.Like Woodboring beetles, leaf...
s on a large diversity of usually herbaceous plants. They have been found oligophagous or even monophagous on the following plant families: Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
, Cannabaceae
Cannabaceae
Cannabaceae are a small family of flowering plants. As now circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including Cannabis , Humulus and Celtis...
, Convolvulaceae
Convolvulaceae
Convolvulaceae, known commonly as the bindweed or morning glory family, are a group of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs and herbs.- Description :...
, Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...
, Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
, Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
, Urticaceae
Urticaceae
Urticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including the aforementioned nettles, Ramie , māmaki , and ajlai .The family includes approximately 2600 species, grouped...
. The mines are blotch mines and in several species the larvae more or less frequently change mines. Larvae of other species stay in a single mine during their complete development and leave the mine only prior to pupation or pupate inside the mine. In several species the larva constructs a silken tunnel inside the mine in which it hides when not feeding or when disturbed. In colder climates species usually have one generation where hibernation takes place in the larval stage in a cocoon in or outside the mine. Pupation takes place in spring. In warmer climates the species have more than one, sometimes overlapping, generations.
For Cosmopterix gomezpompai
Cosmopterix gomezpompai
Cosmopterix gomezpompai is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Costa Rica.Adults have been recorded in June. They have been observed twirling and dancing on a leaf.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.2 mm...
a twirling behaviour has been observed by the adult. In this case the moth runs on the upper side of a leaf and simultaneously makes very fast circling movements. As soon as it comes across something unusual on the surface, like a spot, the circling slows down and is concentrated on that spot. It appears that it is feeding mostly on the dark brown spots (most likely a part of a bird dropping) on the leaf. Probably the moth is looking for nutrition. The twirling behaviour, without the possible feeding, has also been observed with Cosmopterix pulchrimella
Cosmopterix pulchrimella
The Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States and Canada...
in Greece. This behaviour is described for Cosmopterix victor and also for a species of the family Gelechiidae
Gelechiidae
Gelechiidae is a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the Gelechiidae's relationships with and delimitation against their relatives have been subject to considerable...
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Selected species
- Cosmopterix abnormalisCosmopterix abnormalisCosmopterix abnormalis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the Cayman Islands, Haiti and Jamaica.Adults were collected between December and May, and again in August.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 2.9-3.1 mm...
Walsingham, 1897 - Cosmopterix aculeataCosmopterix aculeataCosmopterix aculeata is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from India , China and Australia.It is multivoltine, with adults recorded from March to November....
Meyrick, 1909 - Cosmopterix acutivalvaCosmopterix acutivalvaCosmopterix acutivalva is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand....
Kuroko, 1987 - Cosmopterix adrasteaCosmopterix adrasteaCosmopterix adrastea is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Cuba.Adults were collected in June.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.6-3.8 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix albicaudisCosmopterix albicaudisCosmopterix albicaudis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the US Virgin Islands .Adults were collected between the second half of January and the second half of April....
Meyrick, 1932 - Cosmopterix amaltheaCosmopterix amaltheaCosmopterix amalthea is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Cuba.Adults were collected in July.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.5 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix amnipularis
- Cosmopterix anadoxa Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix anankeCosmopterix anankeCosmopterix ananke is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults were collected in May.-Description:Male. Forewing length 4.1 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix ancalodes Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix ancistraea Meyrick, 1913
- Cosmopterix angoonaeCosmopterix angoonaeCosmopterix angoonae is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand....
Kuroko, 1987 - Cosmopterix antemidora Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix antichorda Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix aphranassa Meyrick, 1926
- Cosmopterix argentiferaCosmopterix argentiferaCosmopterix argentifera is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Jamaica.Adults were collected in January.-Description:Male. Forewing length 4.4 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix argentitegulellaCosmopterix argentitegulellaCosmopterix argentitegulella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Russia and China .The length of the forewings is about 6 mm....
Sinev, 1985 - Cosmopterix artemidora Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix artifica Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix asiatica Stainton, 1859
- Cosmopterix asignella Sinev, 1988
- Cosmopterix astrapiasCosmopterix astrapiasCosmopterix astrapias is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States , Argentina , Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and Puerto Rico.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.5-3.8 mm...
Walsingham, 1909 - Cosmopterix asymmetrella Sinev, 1993
- Cosmopterix athesiaeCosmopterix athesiaeCosmopterix athesiae is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Italy , Spain, Greece and Africa .The wingspan is about 10 mm. The wings are metallic shining brown, yellow and white....
Huemer & Koster 2006 - Cosmopterix attenuatellaCosmopterix attenuatellaCosmopterix attenuatella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of both the Old and New World, including the United States, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Brazil,...
(Walker, 1864) - Cosmopterix aurella Bradley, 1959
- Cosmopterix aurotegulaeCosmopterix aurotegulaeCosmopterix aurotegulae is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Mexico .Adults have been collected in June.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.9 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix bacataCosmopterix bacataCosmopterix bacata is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from northern Florida to southwest Alabama south to central Florida and Louisiana.Adults have been collected from late April and mid-July....
Hodges, 1962 - Cosmopterix bactrophora Meyrick, 1908
- Cosmopterix baihashanellaCosmopterix baihashanellaCosmopterix baihashanella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China .The length of the forewings is about 5.3 mm....
Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005 - Cosmopterix bambusaeCosmopterix bambusaeCosmopterix bambusae is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from India....
Meyrick, 1917 - Cosmopterix basilisca Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix beckeriCosmopterix beckeriCosmopterix beckeri is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been collected in September.-Description:Male. Forewing length 4.4 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix belonacma Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix bichromella Sinev & Park, 1994
- Cosmopterix bifidiguttataCosmopterix bifidiguttataCosmopterix bifidiguttata is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China .The length of the forewings is about 4.6 mm.The larvae feed on Poaceae species....
Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005 - Cosmopterix brachyclina Meyrick, 1933
- Cosmopterix brevicaudellaCosmopterix brevicaudellaCosmopterix brevicaudella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China .The length of the forewings is about 4.2 mm....
Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005 - Cosmopterix callichalcaCosmopterix callichalcaCosmopterix callichalca is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Argentina , Brazil and the United States -Adult:...
Meyrick, 1922 - Cosmopterix callinympha Meyrick, 1913
- Cosmopterix calliochraCosmopterix calliochraCosmopterix calliochra is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia....
(Turner, 1926) - Cosmopterix callistoCosmopterix callistoCosmopterix callisto is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Peru.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.9 mm. Head: frons shining ochreous-white, vertex, neck tufts and collar shining dark brown with reddish gloss and some bluish and greenish reflections, lined white laterally;...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix calypso Meyrick, 1919
- Cosmopterix carpoCosmopterix carpoCosmopterix carpo is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands .Adults were collected in July and August.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 2.4 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix catharacma Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix ceriocosma (Meyrick, 1934)
- Cosmopterix chalcelataCosmopterix chalcelataCosmopterix chalcelata is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia....
(Turner, 1923) - Cosmopterix chaldeneCosmopterix chaldeneCosmopterix chaldene is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults were collected in September.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.3 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix chalupaeCosmopterix chalupaeCosmopterix chalupae is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Argentina .Adults were collected in November.-Description:Male. Forewing length 4.0 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix chalybaeellaCosmopterix chalybaeellaCosmopterix chalybaeella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Texas and New Mexico.Adults were collected in April.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.8 mm...
Walsingham, 1889 - Cosmopterix chasanica Sinev, 1985
- Cosmopterix chisosensisCosmopterix chisosensisCosmopterix chisosensis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Argentina and the United States ....
Hodges, 1978 - Cosmopterix chlorochalcaCosmopterix chlorochalcaCosmopterix chlorochalca is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia....
(Meyrick, 1915) - Cosmopterix chlorochalcaCosmopterix chlorochalcaCosmopterix chlorochalca is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia....
Meyrick, 1915 - Cosmopterix chrysobela Meyrick, 1928
- Cosmopterix chrysocrates Meyrick, 1919
- Cosmopterix circe Meyrick, 1921
- Cosmopterix citrinopaCosmopterix citrinopaCosmopterix citrinopa is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Peru .Adults were collected in March and August.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3-3.9 mm...
Meyrick, 1915 - Cosmopterix clandestinellaCosmopterix clandestinellaCosmopterix clandestinella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from United States .-Adult:...
Busck, 1906 - Cosmopterix clemensellaCosmopterix clemensellaClemens' Cosmopterix Moth is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Canada and the United States ....
Stainton, 1860 - Cosmopterix cleophanes Meyrick, 1937
- Cosmopterix cognita Walsingham, 1891
- Cosmopterix complicataCosmopterix complicataCosmopterix complicata is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand....
Kuroko, 1987 - Cosmopterix coryphaeaCosmopterix coryphaeaCosmopterix coryphaea is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean region from Spain to Cyprus.The wingspan is 9-10 mm....
Walsingham, 1908 - Cosmopterix crassicervicellaCosmopterix crassicervicellaCosmopterix crassicervicella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from southern France and the Iberian Peninsula to Greece and Crete. It is also found on the Canary Islands....
Chretien, 1896 - Cosmopterix cuprea Lower, 1916
- Cosmopterix cyclopaea Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix dacryodes Meyrick, 1911
- Cosmopterix damnosaCosmopterix damnosaCosmopterix damnosa is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States ....
Hodges, 1962 - Cosmopterix dapiferaCosmopterix dapiferaCosmopterix dapifera is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States , Brazil and Cuba....
Hodges, 1962 - Cosmopterix delicatellaCosmopterix delicatellaCosmopterix delicatella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from North Carolina, but is possibly more widespread.-Description:Male. Forewing length 4.9 mm...
Walsingham, 1889 - Cosmopterix diandra Clarke, 1986
- Cosmopterix diaphoraCosmopterix diaphoraCosmopterix diaphora is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil and Mexico .Adults have been collected in April and August, which indicates two generations....
Walsingham, 1909 - Cosmopterix diplozona Meyrick, 1921
- Cosmopterix dulcivoraCosmopterix dulcivoraCosmopterix dulcivora is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China , Japan, Russia, Fiji, Samoa, the Philippines , Java and Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 5 mm....
Meyrick, 1919 - Cosmopterix ebriolaCosmopterix ebriolaCosmopterix ebriola is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States and the Cayman Islands ....
Hodges, 1962 - Cosmopterix emmolybda Meyrick, 1914
- Cosmopterix epismaragda Meyrick, 1932
- Cosmopterix epizonaCosmopterix epizonaCosmopterix epizona is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia and Fiji....
(Meyrick, 1897) - Cosmopterix erasmiaCosmopterix erasmiaCosmopterix erasmia is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the Brazil and Guyana.Adults have been collected in February, April and October, indicating at least two generations....
Meyrick, 1915 - Cosmopterix erethista Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix erinomeCosmopterix erinomeCosmopterix erinome is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States .Adults have been collected in April, June and August.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 5.2-5.5 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix ermolaevi Sinev, 1985
- Cosmopterix etmylauraeCosmopterix etmylauraeCosmopterix etmylaurae is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Costa Rica.-Adult:Male, female. Forewing length 2.9-3.5 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix euantheCosmopterix euantheCosmopterix euanthe is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been collected in September and December.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.1-3.6 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix eukeladeCosmopterix eukeladeCosmopterix eukelade is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Peru.-Description:Female. Forewing length 4.9 mm. Head: frons shining white with greenish and reddish reflections, vertex neck tufts and collar shining olive brown with greenish and reddish reflections; labial palpus...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix euporieCosmopterix euporieCosmopterix euporie is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults were collected in August and September.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.9 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix facundaCosmopterix facundaCosmopterix facunda is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Texas.Adults were collected in March.-Description:Female. Forewing length 5.7 mm...
Hodges, 1978 - Cosmopterix feminella Sinev, 1988
- Cosmopterix fernaldellaCosmopterix fernaldellaCosmopterix fernaldella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States and Canada .-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 4.8-5.0 mm...
Walsingham, 1882 - Cosmopterix flava Sinev, 1986
- Cosmopterix floridanellaCosmopterix floridanellaCosmopterix floridanella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States , the Cayman Islands , Cuba, Jamaica and the US Virgin Islands Cosmopterix floridanella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States (Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi,...
Beutenmüller, 1889 - Cosmopterix fulminella Stringer, 1930
- Cosmopterix fuscella Sinev, 1988
- Cosmopterix galapagosensisCosmopterix galapagosensisCosmopterix galapagosensis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the Galapagos Islands.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 4.5-4.8 mm...
Landry, 2001 - Cosmopterix ganymedesCosmopterix ganymedesCosmopterix ganymedes is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Argentina and Brazil .Adults were collected in April and May.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.7-4.1 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix geminellaCosmopterix geminellaCosmopterix geminella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Russia ....
Sinev, 1985 - Cosmopterix gemmiferellaCosmopterix gemmiferellaCosmopterix gemmiferella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States and Canada ....
Clemens, 1860 - Cosmopterix gielisorumCosmopterix gielisorumCosmopterix gielisorum is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Ecuador.Adults have been recorded in October.-Description:Male. Forewing length 4.8 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix glaucogramma Meyrick, 1934
- Cosmopterix gloriosa Meyrick, 1922
- Cosmopterix gomezpompaiCosmopterix gomezpompaiCosmopterix gomezpompai is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Costa Rica.Adults have been recorded in June. They have been observed twirling and dancing on a leaf.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.2 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix gracilisCosmopterix gracilisCosmopterix gracilis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China , Japan, Korea and Russia.The length of the forewings is about 5.7 mm....
Sinev, 1985 - Cosmopterix gramineellaCosmopterix gramineellaCosmopterix gramineella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand....
Kuroko, 1987 - Cosmopterix hamiferaCosmopterix hamiferaCosmopterix hamifera is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, South Africa and India....
Meyrick, 1909 - Cosmopterix harpalykeCosmopterix harpalykeCosmopterix harpalyke is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in March and November.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.5-4 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix heliactisCosmopterix heliactisCosmopterix heliactis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia....
(Meyrick, 1897) - Cosmopterix helikeCosmopterix helikeCosmopterix helike is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in May.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.7 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix hermippeCosmopterix hermippeCosmopterix hermippe is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in March.-Description:Female. Forewing length 4.0 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix hieraspis Meyrick, 1924
- Cosmopterix hierochloae Stainton, 1870
- Cosmopterix himaliaCosmopterix himaliaCosmopterix himalia is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in May.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.6 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix holophracta Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix inaugurataCosmopterix inaugurataCosmopterix inaugurata is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil and Guyana.Adults have been recorded in April and November.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.7 4.2 mm...
Meyrick, 1922 - Cosmopterix infundibulella Sinev, 1988
- Cosmopterix ingeniosaCosmopterix ingeniosaCosmopterix ingeniosa is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from India....
Meyrick, 1909 - Cosmopterix inopisCosmopterix inopisCosmopterix inopis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Arizona and Florida.Adults have been recorded in April and September. There are probably two generations per year.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 4.5 mm...
Hodges, 1962 - Cosmopterix interfractaCosmopterix interfractaCosmopterix interfracta is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil , Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.Adults have been recorded between June and October....
Meyrick, 1922 - Cosmopterix ioCosmopterix ioCosmopterix io is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Ecuador and Mexico .Adults have been recorded in June and July.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.3-3.9 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix iocasteCosmopterix iocasteCosmopterix iocaste is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in February.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.5 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix iphigona Meyrick, 1915
- Cosmopterix irrubricataCosmopterix irrubricataCosmopterix irrubricata is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Jamaica and Mexico .Adults have been recorded in March and April.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.5 3.7 mm...
Walsingham, 1909 - Cosmopterix isotelesCosmopterix isotelesCosmopterix isoteles is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia....
(Meyrick, 1919) - Cosmopterix isotomaCosmopterix isotomaCosmopterix isotoma is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil and Guyana.Adults have been recorded in February, April and July, indicating more than one generation....
Meyrick, 1915 - Cosmopterix issikiella Kuroko, 1957
- Cosmopterix jiangxiellaCosmopterix jiangxiellaCosmopterix jiangxiella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China .The length of the forewings is about 4.7 mm....
Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005 - Cosmopterix karsholtiCosmopterix karsholtiCosmopterix karsholti is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Peru.Adults have been recorded in March.-Description:Male. Forewing length 4.2 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix kerzhneri Sinev, 1982
- Cosmopterix kurilensis Sinev, 1985
- Cosmopterix kurokoi Sinev, 1985
- Cosmopterix kuznetzovi Sinev, 1988
- Cosmopterix labathiella Viette, 1956
- Cosmopterix laetifica Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix laetificoides Sinev, 1993
- Cosmopterix langmaidiCosmopterix langmaidiCosmopterix langmaidi is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Belize.Adults have been recorded in April.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.5 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix latilineataCosmopterix latilineataCosmopterix latilineata is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand and the Philippines....
Kuroko, 1987 - Cosmopterix lautissimella Amsel, 1968
- Cosmopterix lespedezaeCosmopterix lespedezaeCosmopterix lespedezae is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States .-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 4.7 mm...
Walsingham, 1882 - Cosmopterix licnura Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix lienigiellaCosmopterix lienigiellaCosmopterix lienigiella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to Spain, the Alps and Greece and from Ireland to Ukraine. It is also present in eastern Russia and Japan. It is the type species of the Cosmopterix genus....
Zeller, 1846 - Cosmopterix ligyrodes Meyrick, 1915
- Cosmopterix longilineataCosmopterix longilineataCosmopterix longilineata is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand....
Kuroko, 1987 - Cosmopterix longivalvellaCosmopterix longivalvellaCosmopterix longivalvella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China .The length of the forewings is about 4.5 mm.The larvae feed on Poaceae species....
Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005 - Cosmopterix lummyaeCosmopterix lummyaeCosmopterix lummyae is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil and Colombia.Adults have been recorded in March and from May to August. There are probably two generations per year....
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix lungsuanaCosmopterix lungsuanaCosmopterix lungsuana is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand....
Kuroko, 2008 - Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002
- Cosmopterix lysitheaCosmopterix lysitheaCosmopterix lysithea is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in March.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.7 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix macroglossa Meyrick, 1913
- Cosmopterix macrulaCosmopterix macrulaCosmopterix macrula is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia....
(Meyrick, 1897) - Cosmopterix madeleinaeCosmopterix madeleinaeCosmopterix madeleinae is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the Galapagos Islands.Adults have been recorded from the end of January to the end of May and in October. There is probably more than one generation per year....
Landry, 2001 - Cosmopterix magophilaCosmopterix magophilaCosmopterix magophila is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States and the Dominican Republic.Adults have been recorded in May, August and September....
Meyrick, 1919 - Cosmopterix manipularis Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix maritimella Sinev, 1985
- Cosmopterix melanarches Meyrick, 1928
- Cosmopterix metisCosmopterix metisCosmopterix metis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in July.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.7 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix minutellaCosmopterix minutellaCosmopterix minutella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Florida.Adults have been recorded from March to early May.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.8 mm...
Beutenmüller, 1889 - Cosmopterix mnemeCosmopterix mnemeCosmopterix mneme is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in January.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.5 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix molybdinaCosmopterix molybdinaCosmopterix molybdina is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States and Canada .Adults have been recorded in January.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 4.3 mm...
Hodges, 1962 - Cosmopterix mongoliella Sinev, 1979
- Cosmopterix montisellaCosmopterix montisellaCosmopterix montisella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States, where it is found from New York and Oregon south to New Mexico, Arizona and California. Single specimens have been collected in Arkansas and Iowa. The species is now also established in...
Chambers, 1875 - Cosmopterix mysticaCosmopterix mysticaCosmopterix mystica is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia....
(Meyrick, 1897) - Cosmopterix nanshanellaCosmopterix nanshanellaCosmopterix nanshanella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China .The length of the forewings is about 6 mm....
Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005 - Cosmopterix navarroiCosmopterix navarroiCosmopterix navarroi is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Argentina .Adults have been recorded in the month of November.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.9 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix neodesma Meyrick, 1915
- Cosmopterix nieukerkeniCosmopterix nieukerkeniCosmopterix nieukerkeni is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Argentina and Brazil .Adults have been recorded in October and December, as well as in March and April. This species is likely bivoltine....
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix nishidaiCosmopterix nishidaiCosmopterix nishidai is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Costa Rica.Adults have been recorded in October and December, as well as in March and April. This species is likely bivoltine.-Description:Male, female. Wingspan 9.5-9.8 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix nitensCosmopterix nitensCosmopterix nitens is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States, where it is found from coastal South Carolina to south-western Texas. It is also established in Michigan.-Adult:Male, female. Forewing length 3.8-4.5 mm...
Walsingham, 1889 - Cosmopterix nonna Clarke, 1986
- Cosmopterix nyctiphanesCosmopterix nyctiphanesCosmopterix nyctiphanes is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Ecuador.Adults have been recorded in June.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.6 mm...
Meyrick, 1915 - Cosmopterix ochleriaCosmopterix ochleriaCosmopterix ochleria is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Mexico .Adults have been recorded in March.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.8 mm...
Walsingham, 1909 - Cosmopterix omelkoi Sinev, 1993
- Cosmopterix opulentaCosmopterix opulentaCosmopterix opulenta is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States and Costa Rica.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.3-3.6 mm...
Braun, 1919 - Cosmopterix orichalceaCosmopterix orichalceaCosmopterix orichalcea is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from most of Europe east to Japan.The wingspan is about 9 mm. Adults are on wing from August to May...
Stainton, 1861 - Cosmopterix ornithognathosella Mey, 1998
- Cosmopterix orthosieCosmopterix orthosieCosmopterix orthosie is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in April.-Description:Male. Forewing length 4.1 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix oxyglossa Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix pallifasciella Snellen, 1897
- Cosmopterix paltophanes Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix panayella Mey, 1998
- Cosmopterix panopla Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix pararufellaCosmopterix pararufellaCosmopterix pararufella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Spain, Greece, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus and North Africa, including Egypt....
Riedl, 1976 - Cosmopterix pentachordaCosmopterix pentachordaCosmopterix pentachorda is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Ecuador and Peru.Adults have been recorded in June and August.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.8-4.2 mm...
Meyrick, 1915 - Cosmopterix phaeogastra Meyrick, 1917
- Cosmopterix phaesphoraCosmopterix phaesphoraCosmopterix phaesphora is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia....
(Turner, 1923) - ?Cosmopterix phengitella Hübner, 1811
- Cosmopterix phragmitidis Amsel, 1935
- Cosmopterix phyladelphellaCosmopterix phyladelphellaCosmopterix phyladelphella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Russia....
Sinev, 1985 - Cosmopterix phyllostachyseaCosmopterix phyllostachyseaCosmopterix phyllostachysea is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China and Japan.The length of the forewings is about 6 mm....
Kuroko, 1975 - Cosmopterix pimmaarteniCosmopterix pimmaarteniCosmopterix pimmaarteni is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in May, June, April, September and December, indicating more than one generation....
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix plesiastaCosmopterix plesiastaCosmopterix plesiasta is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand and India....
Meyrick, 1919 - Cosmopterix plumbigutellaCosmopterix plumbigutellaCosmopterix plumbigutella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand....
Kuroko, 1987 - Cosmopterix pocsi Sinev, 1988
- Cosmopterix praxidikeCosmopterix praxidikeCosmopterix praxidike is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Mexico .Adults have been recorded in August.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.9-4.2 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix pseudomontisella Sinev, 1988
- Cosmopterix pulchrimellaCosmopterix pulchrimellaThe Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States and Canada...
Chambers, 1875 - Cosmopterix pustulatella Snellen, 1897
- Cosmopterix pyrozelaCosmopterix pyrozelaCosmopterix pyrozela is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in April.-Description:Female. Forewing length 3.7 mm...
Meyrick, 1922 - Cosmopterix quadrilineellaCosmopterix quadrilineellaCosmopterix quadrilineella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States .Adults have been recorded from May to October.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 4.2 mm...
Chambers, 1878 - Cosmopterix rhabdophanes Meyrick, 1928
- Cosmopterix rhyncognathosellaCosmopterix rhyncognathosellaCosmopterix rhyncognathosella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Russia, China and Japan.The length of the forewings is about 3.8 mm....
Sinev, 1985 - Cosmopterix rufella Turati, 1927
- Cosmopterix rumakomiCosmopterix rumakomiCosmopterix rumakomi is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand....
Kuroko, 1987 - Cosmopterix salahinella Chretien, 1907
- Cosmopterix saltensisCosmopterix saltensisCosmopterix saltensis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Argentina .Adults have been recorded in January.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 4.2-4.5 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix sapporensis (Matsumura, 1931)
- Cosmopterix scaligera Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix schmidiellaCosmopterix schmidiellaCosmopterix schmidiella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from most of Great Britain to Romania, and from Japan through central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula. It is believed to be extinct in Britain....
Frey, 1856 - Cosmopterix schouteniCosmopterix schouteniCosmopterix schouteni is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Argentina .Adults have been recorded in January.-Description:Female. Forewing length 4.2 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix scirpicolaCosmopterix scirpicolaCosmopterix scirpicola is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States, where found from Maryland and eastern Wyoming to Florida, south-western Louisiana and California. It has also been recorded from Alabama....
Hodges, 1962 - Cosmopterix scribaiellaCosmopterix scribaiellaCosmopterix schmidiella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from most of Europe to Japan.The wingspan is about 10 mm. Adults are on wing from late June to October in western Europe....
Zeller, 1850 - Cosmopterix semnota Meyrick, 1914
- Cosmopterix setariellaCosmopterix setariellaCosmopterix setariella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Russia, China and Japan.The length of the forewings is about 4.5 mm.The larvae feed on Setaria viridis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Sinev, 1985 - Cosmopterix sharkovi Sinev, 1988
- Cosmopterix sibiricaCosmopterix sibiricaCosmopterix sibirica is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the South Siberian mountains....
Sinev, 1985 - Cosmopterix sichuanellaCosmopterix sichuanellaCosmopterix sichuanella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China .The length of the forewings is about 4.6 mm....
Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005 - Cosmopterix similisCosmopterix similisCosmopterix similis is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands .Adults have been recorded in March, April, June and July....
Walsingham, 1897 - Cosmopterix sinelineaCosmopterix sinelineaCosmopterix sinelinea is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from South Carolina.Adults have been recorded in August.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 4.8 mm...
Hodges, 1978 - Cosmopterix singularis Sinev, 1979
- Cosmopterix spiculata Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix splendens Sinev, 1985
- Cosmopterix subsplendens Sinev, 1988
- Cosmopterix tabellaria Meyrick, 1908
- Cosmopterix taygeteCosmopterix taygeteCosmopterix taygete is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in January.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.5 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix teligeraCosmopterix teligeraCosmopterix teligera is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States , Brazil , Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica and Mexico .Adults have been recorded from March to October in the United States...
Meyrick, 1915 - Cosmopterix tenaxCosmopterix tenaxCosmopterix tenax is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Colombia.Adults have been recorded in May.-Description:Male. Forewing length 4.5 mm...
Meyrick, 1915 - Cosmopterix tetrophthalma Meyrick, 1921
- Cosmopterix thebeCosmopterix thebeCosmopterix thebe is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Peru .Adults have been recorded in March.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.4-3.8...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix thelxinoeCosmopterix thelxinoeCosmopterix thelxinoe is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil and the United States .Adults have been recorded in March and April.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.5 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix themistoCosmopterix themistoCosmopterix themisto is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in August.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.9 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix thrasyzelaCosmopterix thrasyzelaCosmopterix thrasyzela is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil and Guyana.Adults have been recorded in February and August.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 2.7-3.1 mm...
Meyrick, 1915 - Cosmopterix thyoneCosmopterix thyoneCosmopterix thyone is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Brazil .Adults have been recorded in October.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.6 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix toraula Meyrick, 1911
- Cosmopterix transcissa Meyrick, 1914
- Cosmopterix trifasciellaCosmopterix trifasciellaCosmopterix trifasciella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Ecuador.Adults have been recorded in June.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 2.9-3.3 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix trilophaCosmopterix trilophaCosmopterix trilopha is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Uganda....
Meyrick, 1922 - Cosmopterix turbidellaCosmopterix turbidellaCosmopterix turbidella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the Canary Islands.The wingspan is 7-8 mm.The larvae feed on Forsskalea angustifolia, Gesnouinia arborea, Parietaria debilis and Parietaria officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant...
Rebel, 1896 - Cosmopterix vanderwolfiCosmopterix vanderwolfiCosmopterix vanderwolfi is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Puerto Rico.Adults have been recorded in August.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.7 mm...
Koster, 2010 - Cosmopterix venefica Meyrick, 1915
- Cosmopterix vexillaris Meyrick, 1909
- Cosmopterix victor Stringer, 1930
- Cosmopterix violenta (Meyrick, 1916)
- Cosmopterix wongsiriiCosmopterix wongsiriiCosmopterix wongsirii is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Thailand....
Kuroko, 1987 - Cosmopterix xanthuraCosmopterix xanthuraCosmopterix xanthura is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Mexico .Adults have been recorded in March.-Description:Male, female. Forewing length 3.3 3.9 mm...
Walsingham, 1909 - Cosmopterix xuthogastraCosmopterix xuthogastraCosmopterix xuthogastra is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Kalimantan....
Meyrick, 1910 - Cosmopterix yvaniCosmopterix yvaniCosmopterix yvani is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the Galapagos Islands.Adults have been recorded from the last week of March to the last week of May.-Description:Male. Forewing length 3.8 mm...
Landry, 2001 - Cosmopterix zathea Meyrick, 1917
- Cosmopterix zenobia Meyrick, 1921
- Cosmopterix zieglerellaCosmopterix zieglerellaCosmopterix zieglerella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from most of Europe east to Japan.The wingspan is 8-11 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July....
Hubner, 1810