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Cosmetra spiculifera

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Cosmetra spiculifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cosmetra
Species: C. spiculifera
Binomial name
Cosmetra spiculifera
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Eucosma spiculifera Meyrick, 1913
  • Cosmetra anthophaga Diakonoff, 1977
  • Cosmetra mucronata Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2012

Cosmetra spiculifera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, South Africa, Gabon, Ghana, Réunion, Mauritius and Nigeria.

This species has a wingspan of 11–14 mm, and is light ochreous with some grey suffusion along the dorsum, hindwings with blackish suffused veins.

References

  1. Bippus,_M. 2020b. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae). - Phelsuma 28: 60-100.
  2. "Cosmetra. Tortricid.net. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cosmetra spiculifera (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  4. Aarvik, L. (2016). "Redefinition and revision of African Cosmetra Diakonoff, 1977 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with description of six new species". Zootaxa. 4088 (2): 245–256.
Taxon identifiers
Cosmetra spiculifera


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