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 have been 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 Calycobathra 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 Revised Checklist of Cosmopterigidae in Neotropical Region Revised Checklist of Cosmopterigidae in America north of Mexico Cosmopterigidae at Fauna Europaea Family Classification