Cosmopterigidae

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Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875

Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875

Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875

Cosmopterix pulchrimella, the beautiful cosmopterix moth, is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae found across North America and parts of the Palearctic.

Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)

Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)

Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)

Cosmopterix attenuatella is a widely distributed tropical and subtropical moth with leaf-mining larvae.

Cosmopterix zieglerella (Hübner, 1810)

Cosmopterix zieglerella (Hübner, 1810)

Cosmopterix zieglerella (Hübner, 1810)

Cosmopterix zieglerella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae, found from most of Europe east to Japan, whose larvae mine leaves of Humulus lupulus.

Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851

Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851

Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851

Limnaecia phragmitella, the shy cosmet moth, is a cosmopterigid moth found across multiple continents that inhabits fens and marshes.

Limnaecia camptosema (Meyrick, 1897)

Limnaecia camptosema (Meyrick, 1897)

Limnaecia camptosema (Meyrick, 1897)

Limnaecia camptosema is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae recorded from Victoria, Australia.

Limnaecia cirrhozona (Turner, 1923)

Limnaecia cirrhozona (Turner, 1923)

Limnaecia cirrhozona (Turner, 1923)

Limnaecia cirrhozona is an Australian moth in the family Cosmopterigidae with marked blackish forewings.

Limnaecia tetraplanetis (Meyrick, 1897)

Limnaecia tetraplanetis (Meyrick, 1897)

Limnaecia tetraplanetis (Meyrick, 1897)

Limnaecia tetraplanetis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae found in Australia and New Guinea.

Labdia semicoccinea (Stainton, 1859)

Labdia semicoccinea (Stainton, 1859)

Labdia semicoccinea (Stainton, 1859)

Labdia semicoccinea is a cosmopterigid moth with a 12–15 mm wingspan, found across Asia and the Caucasus, and introduced to parts of Europe.

Labdia deliciosella Walker, 1864

Labdia deliciosella Walker, 1864

Labdia deliciosella Walker, 1864

Labdia deliciosella is a 20 mm wingspan Cosmopterigidae moth found in Australia that bores into specific plant tissues as larvae.

Stagmatophora argyrostrepta (Meyrick, 1897)

Stagmatophora argyrostrepta (Meyrick, 1897)

Stagmatophora argyrostrepta (Meyrick, 1897)

Stagmatophora argyrostrepta (Labdia argyrostrepta) is a cosmopterigid moth found in New South Wales, Australia.

Pyroderces apparitella (Walker, 1864)

Pyroderces apparitella (Walker, 1864)

Pyroderces apparitella (Walker, 1864)

Pyroderces apparitella is an uncommon endemic moth of New Zealand's North Island that lives in native forests and gardens.

Pyroderces aellotricha (Meyrick, 1889)

Pyroderces aellotricha (Meyrick, 1889)

Pyroderces aellotricha (Meyrick, 1889)

Pyroderces aellotricha is a moth species described by Meyrick in 1889, found across parts of Oceania and Australia.

Pyroderces argyrogrammos Zeller, 1847

Pyroderces argyrogrammos Zeller, 1847

Pyroderces argyrogrammos Zeller, 1847

Pyroderces argyrogrammos is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae found across much of Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

Macrobathra desmotoma Meyrick, 1886

Macrobathra desmotoma Meyrick, 1886

Macrobathra desmotoma Meyrick, 1886

Macrobathra desmotoma is a Cosmopterigidae moth species found in Australia with distinctively marked caterpillars.

Macrobathra ceraunobola Meyrick, 1886

Macrobathra ceraunobola Meyrick, 1886

Macrobathra ceraunobola Meyrick, 1886

Macrobathra ceraunobola is a Cosmopterigidae moth described in 1886, found in Tasmania, Australia.

Macrobathra alternatella (Walker, 1864)

Macrobathra alternatella (Walker, 1864)

Macrobathra alternatella (Walker, 1864)

Macrobathra alternatella is a Cosmopterigidae moth described in 1864, found only in Queensland, Australia.

Macrobathra euryleuca Meyrick, 1886

Macrobathra euryleuca Meyrick, 1886

Macrobathra euryleuca Meyrick, 1886

Macrobathra euryleuca is a Cosmopterigidae moth described in 1886, found in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia.

Macrobathra bigerella (Walker, 1864)

Macrobathra bigerella (Walker, 1864)

Macrobathra bigerella (Walker, 1864)

Macrobathra bigerella is a described moth in the Cosmopterigidae family found in Australia's New South Wales.

Anatrachyntis badia (Hodges, 1962)

Anatrachyntis badia (Hodges, 1962)

Anatrachyntis badia (Hodges, 1962)

Anatrachyntis badia, the Florida pink scavenger, is a small scavenger moth species native to the US and introduced to Europe.

Anatrachyntis rileyi (Walsingham, 1882)

Anatrachyntis rileyi (Walsingham, 1882)

Anatrachyntis rileyi (Walsingham, 1882)

Anatrachyntis rileyi is a cosmopterigid moth species found across many of the world’s warm and tropical regions.

Melanocinclis lineigera Hodges, 1962

Melanocinclis lineigera Hodges, 1962

Melanocinclis lineigera Hodges, 1962

Melanocinclis lineigera is a cosmet moth species found mainly in eastern North America from Texas to New England.

Eralea albalineella (Chambers, 1878)

Eralea albalineella (Chambers, 1878)

Eralea albalineella (Chambers, 1878)

Eralea albalineella is a small Cosmopterigidae moth found across parts of North America with a 7 mm wingspan.

Euclemensia bassettella (Clemens, 1864)

Euclemensia bassettella (Clemens, 1864)

Euclemensia bassettella (Clemens, 1864)

Euclemensia bassettella, the kermes scale moth, is a North American moth whose larvae parasitize scale insects.

Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pancalia leuwenhoekella is a small moth species found across Europe and western Asia that prefers chalk and limestone habitats.

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