Proterocosma
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Proterocosma is a genus of moth
in the Agonoxenidae
family. It was formerly included in the Cosmopterigidae
.
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 Agonoxenidae
Agonoxenidae
The Agonoxenidae are a family of moths only contains four named species in the whole world – all in the type genus Agonoxena – if the Blastodacnidae are considered to be a separate family...
family. It was formerly included in the 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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Species
- Proterocosma anarithma Meyrick, 1888
- Proterocosma chionopsamma Meyrick, 1886
- Proterocosma dualis Diakonoff, 1954
- Proterocosma epizona Meyrick, 1886
- Proterocosma marginata Diakonoff, 1954
- Proterocosma ochronota Meyrick, 1886
- Proterocosma triplanetis Meyrick, 1886