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The Cosmopterigidae are a family of
insect Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...
s (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s 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. Several genera formerly included here have been moved to the Agonoxeninae.


Taxonomy

The family consists of four subfamilies: *Subfamily Antequerinae Hodges, 1978 *Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae Mosher, 1916 *Subfamily Cosmopteriginae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 *Subfamily Scaeosophinae Meyrick, 1922


Genera

The following genera are in subfamily Cosmopteriginae or not assigned to a subfamily: 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

*''Eritarbes'' *''Lallia'' *''Scaeothyris'' *''Xestocasis''


See also

*List of cosmopterigid genera


References


External links


Cosmopterigidae
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070930220641/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=3091 Cosmopterigidae at Fauna Europaeabr>Family Classification
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