Cosmopterigidae
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| Upper wings of some Hyposmocoma species from the Hawaiian Islands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 |
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The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. The taxonomic family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with about 780 species.
Several genera formerly included here have been moved to the Agonoxeninae.
Taxonomy[]
The family consists of four subfamilies and these genera:[1]
- Subfamily Antequerinae Hodges, 1978
- Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae Mosher, 1916
- Subfamily Cosmopteriginae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
- Adeana
- Allotalanta
- Anatrachyntis
- Anoncia
- Aphanosara
- Archisopha
- Ashibusa
- Axiarcha
- Clemmatista
- Coccidiphila
- Cosmopterix
- Diatonica
- Diversivalva
- Dorodoca
- Dromiaulis
- Ecballogonia
- Echinoscelis
- Endograptis
- Eralea
- Eteobalea
- Hodgesiella
- Hyposmocoma
- Glaphyristis
- Haplochrois
- Heureta
- Heterotactis
- Idiostyla
- Iressa
- Ischnobathra
- Isidiella
- Isorrhoa
- Labdia
- Leptozestis
- Macrobathra
- Melanocinclis
- Mimodoxa
- Morphotica
- Mothonodes
- Opszyga
- Otonoma
- Paratheta
- Parathystas
- Passalotis
- Pebobs
- Pechyptila
- Persicoptila
- Phaneroctena
- Pyroderces
- Ramphis
- Ressia
- Rhadinastis
- Sematoptis
- Stagmatophora
- Synploca
- Syntomaula
- Tanygona
- Teladoma
- Tetraconta
- Tolliella
- Triclonella
- Trissodoris
- Ulochora
- Urangela
- Vulcaniella
- Subfamily Scaeosophinae Meyrick, 1922
- Incertae sedis
- Acleracra
- Aganoptila
- Amblytenes
- Apothetodes
- Calanesia
- Clarkeophlebia
- Colonophora
- Crobylophanes
- Dynatophysis
- Falcatariella
- Griphocosma
- Haplophylax
- Harpograptis
- Hedroxena
- Herlinda
- Homosaces
- Ischnangela
- Melanozestis
- Meleonoma
- Melnea
- Meneptila
- Metagrypa
- Microzestis
- Minivalva
- Neachandella
- Neomelanesthes
- Orthromicta
- Pauroptila
- Phepsalostoma
- Phosphaticola
- Protorhiza
- Pseudascalenia
- Pycnagorastis
- Pyretaulax
- Schendylotis
- Semolina
- Sindicola
- Spiroterma
- Stromatitica
- Strophalingias
- Thectophila
- Trachydora
- Zanclarches
Selected former genera[]
- Eritarbes
- Lallia
- Scaeothyris
- Xestocasis
See also[]
- List of cosmopterigid genera
References[]
- ^ Heikkilä, Maria; Mutanen, Marko; Kekkonen, Mari; Kaila, Lauri (2014). "Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera)". Cladistics. 30 (6): 563–589. doi:10.1111/cla.12064. ISSN 0748-3007.
External links[]
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- Cosmopterigidae
- Revised Checklist of Cosmopterigidae in Neotropical Region
- Revised Checklist of Cosmopterigidae in America north of Mexico
- Cosmopterigidae at Fauna Europaea
- Family Classification
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