''Coccidiphila'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family

Cosmopterigidae 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 ...

Species

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Coccidiphila danilevskyi ''Coccidiphila danilevskyi'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Tunisia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the othe ...

'' Sinev, 1997 (from Europe and North Africa) *''

Coccidiphila gerasimovi ''Coccidiphila gerasimovi'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae described by Aleksandr Sergeievich Danilevsky in 1950. It is found in the Mediterranean area, on the Canary Islands and from North Africa to the Near East. It has also been record ...

'' Danilevsky, 1950 (Mediterranean area, Canaries, Caucasus) *''

Coccidiphila kasypinkeri ''Coccidiphila kasypinkeri'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, th ...

'' Traugott-Olsen, 1986 (from the Canaries) *''

Coccidiphila ledereriella ''Coccidiphila ledereriella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Southern Europe and on Malta, Sardinia and possibly the Canary Islands, North Africa and Asia Minor. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or ...

'' (Zeller, 1850) (Southern Europe and South Africa) *''

Coccidiphila nivea ''Coccidiphila nivea'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in the United Arab Emirates.J. C. Koster (2010): ''Order Lepidoptera, family Cosmopterigidae.'' In: A. van Harten (Hrsg.): ''Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates.'' ...

'' Koster, 2010 (from the United Arab Emirates) *''

Coccidiphila patriciae ''Coccidiphila patriciae'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the ...

'' Nel & Nel, 2000 (from the Canaries) *''

Coccidiphila riedli ''Coccidiphila riedli'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. The wingspan is . Adults have been recorded from February to April. Larvae have been found between dead leaves of '' Ceballosia fruticosa''. They ...

'' Traugott-Olsen, 1986 (from the Canaries) *''

Coccidiphila silvatica ''Coccidiphila silvatica'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Kumaon division, India. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Pinus roxburghii'' and mealybugs Mealybugs are in ...

'' (Meyrick, 1917) (

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, Kumaon) *''

Coccidiphila stegodyphobius ''Coccidiphila stegodyphobius'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1903. It is found in South Africa. The larvae have been recorded feeding on decaying animal matter in the web of social spiders of the ge ...

'' (Walsingham, 1903) (from South Africa) *''

Coccidiphila violenta ''Coccidiphila violenta'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of So ...

'' (Meyrick, 1916) ( Guyana)

References

''Coccidiphila'' at Fauna Europaea''Coccidiphila'' at Afro Moths
* Cosmopteriginae {{Cosmopteriginae-stub