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Cosmopterix coryphaea

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(Redirected from Cosmopteryx formosa) Species of moth

Cosmopterix coryphaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species: C. coryphaea
Binomial name
Cosmopterix coryphaea
(Walsingham, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Cosmopteryx coryphaea Walsingham, 1908
  • Cosmopteryx coryphae Agenjo, 1952
  • Cosmopteryx donatellae Mariani, 1932
  • Cosmopteryx formosa Amsel, 1935

Cosmopterix coryphaea is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean region from Spain to Cyprus.

The wingspan is 9–10 mm.

The larvae feed on Phragmites australis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. lepiforum.de
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
Taxon identifiers
Cosmopterix coryphaea


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