''Cosmoclostis'' is a genus of
moth
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s in the family
Pterophoridae
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. Species are known from
Australia
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,
China
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,
South
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Etymology
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and
South East Asia
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, the
Arabic Peninsula
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and
Africa
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.
Species
, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus ''Cosmoclostis'':
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Cosmoclostis aglaodesma''
Meyrick, 1886
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Cosmoclostis auxileuca''
(Meyrick, 1908)
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Cosmoclostis bivalva''
Gielis, 2011
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Cosmoclostis brachybela''
Fletcher, 1947
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Cosmoclostis chalconota''
Fletcher, 1947
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Cosmoclostis gmelina''
Hao, Li & Wu, 2004
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Cosmoclostis hemiadelpha''
Fletcher, 1947
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Cosmoclostis lamprosema''
Fletcher, 1947
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Cosmoclostis lanceatus''
(Arenberger, 1985)
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Cosmoclostis leucomochla''
Fletcher, 1947
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Cosmoclostis parauxileuca''
Hao, Li & Wu, 2004
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Cosmoclostis pesseuta''
Meyrick, 1906
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Cosmoclostis quadriquadra''
Walsingham, 1900
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Cosmoclostis schouteni''
Gielis, 1990
References
Pterophorini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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