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Checklist for Family Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 (Cosmet Moths)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5716
17992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
262
4583
15908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
61
1766
7363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
61
1765
7362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
60
1763
7360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
30
354
746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
24
263
560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
8
40
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids
4
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
4 Genera with 13 Species
Allotalanta Meyrick, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopterix Hübner, 20168SpeciesTaxom
Macrobathra Meyrick, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Persicoptila Meyrick, 19041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
13 Species
Allotalanta ochrotoma Meyrick, 1930
Allotalanta ochthotoma Meyrick, 1930
Allotalanta tephroclystis Meyrick, 1930
Cosmopterix athesiae Huemer & Koster, 2006
Cosmopterix attenuatella Walker, 1864Hall's milkweed
Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908
Cosmopterix crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896
Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002
Cosmopterix pararufella Riedl, 1976
Cosmopterix vandenbergi Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix viridilineata Koster, 2016
Macrobathra neurocoma Meyrick, 1930
Persicoptila euphaedra (Lower, 1904)⇒ Trissodoris euphaedra Lower, 1904

Subnodes of Cosmopterigidae with occurrences in Cameroon
SubfamilyCosmopteriginae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmorpterigines
4
13
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