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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8807
39529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8793
39506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8697
39194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
7111
34903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2481
11561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2480
11559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
66
2474
11548
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
32
650
1914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
26
545
1597
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
10
113
296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids
11
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Congo
11 Genera with 37 Species
Anatrachyntis Meyrick, 194015SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopterix Hübner, 201612SpeciesTaxom
Crobylophanes Meyrick, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Dorodoca Meyrick, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Gisilia Kasy, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Labdia F. Walker, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Limnaecia Stainton, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Macrobathra Meyrick, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Persicoptila Meyrick, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Pyroderces Herrich-Schä..., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Stagmatophora Herrich-Schä..., 19091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
37 Species
Anatrachyntis bicincta Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis carpophila Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis cecidicida Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis coriacella Snellen, 1901
Anatrachyntis falcatella Stainton, 1859
Anatrachyntis gymnocentra Meyrick, 1937
Anatrachyntis holotherma Meyrick, 1936
Anatrachyntis orphnographa Meyrick, 1936
Anatrachyntis palmicola Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis philogeorga Meyrick, 1933
Anatrachyntis ptilodelta Meyrick, 1922
Anatrachyntis risbeci Ghesquière, 1940
Anatrachyntis simplex Walsingham, 1891False pink bollworm
Anatrachyntis tripola Meyrick, 1909
Anatrachyntis veris Ghesquière, 1940
Cosmopterix athesiae Huemer & Koster, 2006
Cosmopterix attenuatella Walker, 1864Hall's milkweed
Cosmopterix crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896
Cosmopterix emmolybda Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix furcatis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002
Cosmopterix miranda Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix rosalind Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix tetrophthalma Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix transcissa Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix vandenbergi Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix yangambensis Koster, 2016
Crobylophanes sericophaea Meyrick, 1938
Dorodoca anthophoba Ghesquière, 1940
Gisilia sclerodes Meyrick, 1909
Labdia citracma Meyrick, 1915
Labdia irimetalla Meyrick, 1933
Limnaecia pamphaea Bradley, 1965
Macrobathra crococephala Meyrick, 1936
Persicoptila euphaedra (Lower, 1904)⇒ Trissodoris euphaedra Lower, 1904
Pyroderces firma Meyrick, 1911
Stagmatophora sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Gisilia sclerodes Meyrick, 1909

Subnodes of Cosmopterigidae with occurrences in Congo
SubfamilyChrysopeleiinae
Mosher, 1916
Chrysopeleines
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCosmopteriginae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmorpterigines
10
36
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