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Checklist for Family Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 (Cosmet Moths)
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
209
6733
56403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
6591
56071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
83
4302
27836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
82
4295
27811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
4286
27718
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
39
1642
8394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
30
1405
7365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
10
395
2251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids
35
170
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Afrotropical
35 Genera with 170 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMPST
Alloclita Staudinger, 19186SpeciesTaxom
Allotalanta Meyrick, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Anatrachyntis Meyrick, 194022SpeciesTaxom
Ascalenia Wocke, 191514SpeciesTaxom
Axiarcha Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Bifascioides Kasy, 19613SpeciesTaxom
Cnemidolophus Walsingham, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Coccidiphila Danilevsky, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Colonophora Meyrick, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopterix Hübner, 192225SpeciesTaxom
Crobylophanes Meyrick, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Dorodoca Meyrick, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Erechthiodes Stainton, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Eteobalea Hodges, 19537SpeciesTaxom
Falcatariella Viette, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Gibeauxiella Koster & Sinev, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Gisilia Kasy, 19238SpeciesTaxom
Hyalochna Meyrick, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Ischnobathra Meyrick, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Isidiella Riedl, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Labdia F. Walker, 19328SpeciesTaxom
Limnaecia Stainton, 192813SpeciesTaxom
Macrobathra Meyrick, 196614SpeciesTaxom
Melanozestis Meyrick, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Meleonoma Meyrick, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Parathystas Meyrick, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Pauroptila Meyrick, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Pseudascalenia Kasy, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Pycnagorastis Meyrick, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Pyroderces Herrich-Schä..., 19555SpeciesTaxom
Scaeosopha Meyrick, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Stagmatophora Herrich-Schä..., 19138SpeciesTaxom
Stilbosis Clemens, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Streptothyris Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Trachydora Meyrick, 1921Black Drums3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
170 Species
Alloclita cerritella Riedl, 1993
Alloclita gambiella Walsingham, 1891
Alloclita paraphracta Meyrick, 1914
Alloclita plumbaria Meyrick, 1921
Alloclita xylodesma Meyrick, 1911
Alloclita zelotypa Meyrick, 1918
Allotalanta clonomicta Meyrick, 1927
Allotalanta ochthotoma Meyrick, 1930
Allotalanta tephroclystis Meyrick, 1930
Anatrachyntis acris Meyrick, 1911
Anatrachyntis bicincta Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis carpophila Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis cecidicida Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis coriacella Snellen, 1901
Anatrachyntis falcatella Stainton, 1859
Anatrachyntis floretella Legrand, 1958
Anatrachyntis gerberanella Legrand, 1966
Anatrachyntis gymnocentra Meyrick, 1937
Anatrachyntis hieroglypta Meyrick, 1911
Anatrachyntis holotherma Meyrick, 1936
Anatrachyntis incertulella Walker, 1864Pandanus Flower Moth
Anatrachyntis orphnographa Meyrick, 1936
Anatrachyntis palmicola Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis philogeorga Meyrick, 1933
Anatrachyntis ptilodelta Meyrick, 1922
Anatrachyntis rileyi Walsingham, 1882Moth
Anatrachyntis risbeci Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis simplex Walsingham, 1891False pink bollworm
Anatrachyntis tentoria Meyrick, 1911
Anatrachyntis tripola Meyrick, 1909
Anatrachyntis veris Ghesquière, 1940
Ascalenia albitergis Meyrick, 1926
Ascalenia beieri Kasy, 1968
Ascalenia bialbipunctella Legrand, 1966
Ascalenia callynella Kasy, 1968
Ascalenia isotacta Meyrick, 1911
Ascalenia melanogastra Meyrick, 1918
Ascalenia nudicornis Meyrick, 1913
Ascalenia pachnodes Meyrick, 1917
Ascalenia phaneracma Meyrick, 1921
Ascalenia pseudofusella Legrand, 1966
Ascalenia pulverata Meyrick, 1913
Ascalenia secretifera Meyrick, 1932
Ascalenia semnostola Meyrick, 1897
Ascalenia staurocentra Meyrick, 1915
Axiarcha discosema Meyrick, 1921
Bifascioides leucomelanella Rebel, 1916
Bifascioides sindonia Meyrick, 1911
Bifascioides yemenella (Amsel, 1961)⇒ Bifascioides yemenellus Amsel, 1961
Cnemidolophus lavernellus Walsingham, 1881
Coccidiphila stegodyphobius Walsingham, 1903
Colonophora cateiata Meyrick, 1914
Colonophora ictifera Meyrick, 1937
Cosmopterix ancistraea Meyrick, 1913
Cosmopterix athesiae Huemer & Koster, 2006
Cosmopterix attenuatella Walker, 1864Hall's milkweed
Cosmopterix bactrophora Meyrick, 1908
Cosmopterix callinympha Meyrick, 1913
Cosmopterix circe Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix cleophanes Meyrick, 1937
Cosmopterix cognita Walsingham, 1891
Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908
Cosmopterix crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896
Cosmopterix dacryodes Meyrick, 1910
Cosmopterix diplozona Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix emmolybda Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix epismaragda Meyrick, 1932
Cosmopterix ingeniosa Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002
Cosmopterix macroglossa Meyrick, 1913
Cosmopterix oxyglossa Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix pararufella Riedl, 1976
Cosmopterix salahinella Chrétien, 1907
Cosmopterix scaligera Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix tabellaria Meyrick, 1908
Cosmopterix tetrophthalma Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix transcissa Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix trilopha Meyrick, 1922
Crobylophanes sericophaea Meyrick, 1938
Dorodoca anthophoba Ghesquière, 1940
Dorodoca eometalla Meyrick, 1926
Erechthiodes audax (Meyrick, 1914)⇒ Limnaecia audax Meyrick, 1914
Eteobalea abcedella Viette, 1957
Eteobalea aglaopa Meyrick, 1928
Eteobalea pentagama Meyrick, 1928
Eteobalea phanoptila Meyrick, 1911
Eteobalea quinquecristata Walsingham, 1891
Eteobalea sumptuosella Lederer, 1855
Eteobalea vinsoni Viette, 1953
Falcatariella catalaiella Viette, 1949
Falcatariella hirsutella Viette, 1968
Gibeauxiella genitrix Meyrick, 1927
Gisilia antidesma Meyrick, 1913
Gisilia cardinata Meyrick, 1918
Gisilia conformata Meyrick, 1921
Gisilia meyi Sinev, 2007
Gisilia sclerodes Meyrick, 1909
Gisilia stagnans Meyrick, 1921
Gisilia stereodoxa Meyrick, 1925
Gisilia subcrocea Meyrick, 1923
Hyalochna allevata Meyrick, 1918
Hyalochna malgassella Viette, 1963
Ischnobathra balanobola Meyrick, 1937
Ischnobathra dormiens Meyrick, 1937
Isidiella divitella Constant, 1885
Isidiella labathiella Viette, 1956
Labdia caulota Meyrick, 1918
Labdia citracma Meyrick, 1915
Labdia diophanes Meyrick, 1927
Labdia embrochota Meyrick, 1914
Labdia ilarcha Meyrick, 1911
Labdia irimetalla Meyrick, 1933
Labdia macrobela Meyrick, 1918
Labdia oxychlora Meyrick, 1932
Limnaecia audax Meyrick, 1914
Limnaecia chlorodeta Meyrick, 1928
Limnaecia chloronephes Meyrick, 1924
Limnaecia conjuncta Meyrick, 1921
Limnaecia effulgens Meyrick, 1918
Limnaecia eretmota Meyrick, 1909
Limnaecia explanata Meyrick, 1921
Limnaecia ichnographa Meyrick, 1908
Limnaecia neurogramma Meyrick, 1909
Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851Bulrush Cosmet
Limnaecia recidiva Meyrick, 1911
Limnaecia sarcanthes Meyrick, 1921
Limnaecia semisecta Meyrick, 1928
Macrobathra anisodora Meyrick, 1924
Macrobathra antimeloda Meyrick, 1930
Macrobathra auratella Viette, 1958
Macrobathra cineralella Viette, 1957
Macrobathra crococephala Meyrick, 1936
Macrobathra distincta Walsingham, 1891
Macrobathra fasciata Walsingham, 1891
Macrobathra neurocoma Meyrick, 1930
Macrobathra peraeota Meyrick, 1921
Macrobathra proxena Meyrick, 1914
Macrobathra recrepans Meyrick, 1926
Macrobathra sikoraella Viette, 1956
Macrobathra subharpalea Legrand, 1966
Macrobathra superharpalea Legrand, 1966
Melanozestis heterodesma Meyrick, 1930
Meleonoma diehlella Viette, 1955
Meleonoma impulsa Meyrick, 1934
Parathystas porphyrantha Meyrick, 1913
Pauroptila galenitis Meyrick, 1913
Pauroptila sikoraella (Viette, 1956)⇒ Macrobathra sikoraella Viette, 1956
Pseudascalenia riadella Kasy, 1968
Pycnagorastis tanyopa Meyrick, 1937
Pyroderces firma Meyrick, 1911
Pyroderces jonesella Legrand, 1966
Pyroderces longalitella Legrand, 1966
Pyroderces narcota Meyrick, 1909
Pyroderces ocreella Viette, 1955
Scaeosopha betrokensis Sinev & Li, 2012
Scaeosopha victoriensis Sinev & Li, 2012
Stagmatophora auriferella Walker, 1864
Stagmatophora basanistis Meyrick, 1909
Stagmatophora chopardella Viette, 1954
Stagmatophora diakonoffi Viette, 1968
Stagmatophora diversoplaga Legrand, 1966
Stagmatophora phalacra Meyrick, 1909
Stagmatophora pilana Meyrick, 1913
Stagmatophora trimitra Meyrick, 1913
Stilbosis antibathra Meyrick, 1914
Stilbosis cyclocosma Meyrick, 1921
Streptothyris tanyacta Meyrick, 1918
Trachydora iocharis Meyrick, 1918
Trachydora rhachitis Meyrick, 1913
Trachydora scandalotis Meyrick, 1921

Subnodes of Cosmopterigidae with occurrences in Afrotropical
SubfamilyAntequerinae
Hodges, 1978
Antequeriines
4
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChrysopeleiinae
Mosher, 1916
Chrysopeleines
6
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCosmopteriginae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmorpterigines
23
126
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScaeosophinae
Meyrick, 1922
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cosmopterigidae at artfakta.se
Cosmopterigidae at dyntaxa.se
Cosmopterigidae at gbif.org
Cosmopterigidae at irmng.org
Cosmopterigidae at itis.gov