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.
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| Upper wings of some Hyposmocoma species from the Hawaiian Islands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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Several genera formerly included here have been moved to the Agonoxeninae.
Taxonomy edit
The family consists of four subfamilies:[1]
- Subfamily Antequerinae Hodges, 1978
- Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae Mosher, 1916
- Subfamily Cosmopteriginae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
- Subfamily Scaeosophinae Meyrick, 1922
Genera edit
The following genera are in subfamily Cosmopteriginae or not assigned to a subfamily:[1] For genera assigned the other subfamilues see Antequerinae, Chrysopeleiinae, and Scaeosophinae.
- 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
- 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 edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b 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 edit
- 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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