Cosmoclostis aglaodesma Meyrick, 1886 is a animal in the Pterophoridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cosmoclostis aglaodesma Meyrick, 1886

Cosmoclostis aglaodesma Meyrick, 1886

Cosmoclostis aglaodesma is a Australian pterophorid moth whose larvae feed on flowers of Gmelina and Tectona.

Family
Genus
Cosmoclostis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cosmoclostis aglaodesma Meyrick, 1886

Cosmoclostis aglaodesma Meyrick, 1886 is a moth species that belongs to the family Pterophoridae. Within Australia, this species is distributed from the Atherton Tableland in Queensland, extending south to the area near Taree in New South Wales. Its larvae feed on the flowers of Gmelina arborea and plants of the Tectona genus.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pterophoridae Cosmoclostis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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