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Checklist for Family Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 (Cosmet Moths)
and region Republic South Africa (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
747
14606
54854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
743
14574
54738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
709
14348
54057
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
438
11533
47057
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
3620
14603
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
3614
14580
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
3597
14442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
37
1280
4948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
1142
4593
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
11
366
1641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids
35
131
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Republic South Africa
35 Genera with 131 Species
#ACDEGHILMPST
Alloclita Staudinger, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Allotalanta Meyrick, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Anatrachyntis Meyrick, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Anoncia J.F.G. Clarke, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Ascalenia Wocke, 191511SpeciesTaxom
Asymphorodes Meyrick, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Axiarcha Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Cnemidolophus Walsingham, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Coccidiphila Danilevsky, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Colonophora Meyrick, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopterix Hübner, 201648SpeciesTaxom
Dorodoca Meyrick, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Erechthiodes Stainton, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Eteobalea Hodges, 18914SpeciesTaxom
Gibeauxiella Koster & Sinev, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Gisilia Kasy, 19217SpeciesTaxom
Hyalochna Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Ischnobathra Meyrick, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Isidiella Riedl, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Labdia F. Walker, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Leptozestis Meyrick, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Limnaecia Stainton, 192811SpeciesTaxom
Macrobathra Meyrick, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Melanozestis Meyrick, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Parathystas Meyrick, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Pauroptila Meyrick, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Perimede V.T. Chambers, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Pycnagorastis Meyrick, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Pyroderces Herrich-Schä..., 18822SpeciesTaxom
Sorhagenia Spuler, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Stagmatophora Herrich-Schä..., 19139SpeciesTaxom
Stalagmostethus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Stilbosis Clemens, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Streptothyris Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Trachydora Meyrick, 1921Black Drums3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Republic South Africa
131 Species
Alloclita paraphracta Meyrick, 1914
Alloclita xylodesma Meyrick, 1911
Allotalanta clonomicta Meyrick, 1927
Anatrachyntis rileyi Walsingham, 1882Moth
Anatrachyntis tripola Meyrick, 1909
Anoncia naclia Hodges, 1978
Ascalenia albitergis Meyrick, 1926
Ascalenia antidesma (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Gisilia antidesma Meyrick, 1913
Ascalenia cardinata (Meyrick, 1918)⇒ Gisilia cardinata Meyrick, 1918
Ascalenia conformata (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Gisilia meyi Sinev, 2007
Ascalenia melanogastra Meyrick, 1918
Ascalenia nudicornis Meyrick, 1913
Ascalenia phalacra (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Stagmatophora phalacra Meyrick, 1909
Ascalenia pulverata Meyrick, 1913
Ascalenia semnostola Meyrick, 1897
Ascalenia stagnans (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Sorhagenia griseella Sinev, 1993
Ascalenia staurocentra Meyrick, 1915
Asymphorodes trichogramma Clarke, 1986
Axiarcha discosema Meyrick, 1921
Cnemidolophus lavernellus Walsingham, 1881
Coccidiphila stegodyphobius Walsingham, 1903
Colonophora ictifera Meyrick, 1937
Cosmopterix ancistraea Meyrick, 1913
Cosmopterix antichorda Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix athesiae Huemer & Koster, 2006
Cosmopterix attenuatella Walker, 1864Hall's milkweed
Cosmopterix bactrophora Meyrick, 1908
Cosmopterix barbertonensis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix belinda Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix bianca Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix callinympha Meyrick, 1913
Cosmopterix circe Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix cleophanes Meyrick, 1937
Cosmopterix cognita Walsingham, 1891
Cosmopterix cordelia Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908
Cosmopterix crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896
Cosmopterix cupid Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix desdemona Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix diplozona Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix emmolybda Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix furcatis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix jansei Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix juliet Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix kruegeri Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix lienigiella Zeller, 1846Fen Cosmet
Cosmopterix mab Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix macroglossa Meyrick, 1913
Cosmopterix magnaevalvae Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix margaret Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix marshalli Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix miranda Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix oberon Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix omurambensis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix oxyglossa Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix perdita Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix portia Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix pretoriensis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix puck Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix rosalind Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix salahinella Chrétien, 1907
Cosmopterix scaligera Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix soutpansbergensis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix sycorax Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix tabellaria Meyrick, 1908
Cosmopterix tetrophthalma Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix titania Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix transcissa Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix trinculo Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix varii Koster, 2016
Dorodoca anthophoba Ghesquière, 1940
Dorodoca eometalla Meyrick, 1926
Erechthiodes audax (Meyrick, 1914)⇒ Limnaecia audax Meyrick, 1914
Eteobalea pentagama Meyrick, 1928
Eteobalea phanoptila Meyrick, 1911
Eteobalea planoptila (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Eteobalea phanoptila Meyrick, 1911
Eteobalea quinquecristata Walsingham, 1891
Gibeauxiella genitrix Meyrick, 1927
Gisilia antidesma Meyrick, 1913
Gisilia cardinata Meyrick, 1918
Gisilia conformata Meyrick, 1921
Gisilia gielisi Koster, 2010
Gisilia meyi Sinev, 2007
Gisilia sclerodes Meyrick, 1909
Gisilia stagnans Meyrick, 1921
Hyalochna allevata Meyrick, 1918
Ischnobathra balanobola Meyrick, 1937
Ischnobathra dormiens Meyrick, 1937
Isidiella divitella Constant, 1885
Labdia caulota Meyrick, 1918
Labdia diophanes Meyrick, 1927
Leptozestis spodoptera Turner, 1923
Limnaecia acontophora Meyrick, 1922
Limnaecia audax Meyrick, 1914
Limnaecia chlorodeta Meyrick, 1928
Limnaecia chloronephes Meyrick, 1924
Limnaecia effulgens Meyrick, 1918
Limnaecia eretmota Meyrick, 1909
Limnaecia ichnographa Meyrick, 1908
Limnaecia neurogramma Meyrick, 1909
Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851Bulrush Cosmet
Limnaecia recidiva Meyrick, 1911
Limnaecia semisecta Meyrick, 1928
Macrobathra anisodora Meyrick, 1924
Macrobathra fasciata Walsingham, 1891
Macrobathra genitrix (Meyrick, 1927)⇒ Limnaecia acontophora Meyrick, 1922
Macrobathra recrepans Meyrick, 1926
Melanozestis heterodesma Meyrick, 1930
Parathystas porphyrantha Meyrick, 1913
Pauroptila galenitis Meyrick, 1913
Perimede erransella V.T. Chambers, 1874Gray Perimede Moth
Pycnagorastis tanyopa Meyrick, 1937
Pyroderces narcota Meyrick, 1909
Pyroderces rileyi (Walsingham, 1882)⇒ Anatrachyntis rileyi Walsingham, 1882
Sorhagenia fibigeri Koster & Sinev, 2003
Sorhagenia griseella Sinev, 1993
Stagmatophora basanistis Meyrick, 1909
Stagmatophora narcota (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Pyroderces narcota Meyrick, 1909
Stagmatophora pentagama (Meyrick, 1928)⇒ Eteobalea pentagama Meyrick, 1928
Stagmatophora phalacra Meyrick, 1909
Stagmatophora phanoptila (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Eteobalea phanoptila Meyrick, 1911
Stagmatophora pilana Meyrick, 1913
Stagmatophora quinquecristata Walsingham, 1891
Stagmatophora sclerodes (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Gisilia sclerodes Meyrick, 1909
Stagmatophora trimitra Meyrick, 1913
Stalagmostethus furcatus Fabricius, 1787
Stilbosis antibathra Meyrick, 1914
Streptothyris tanyacta Meyrick, 1918
Trachydora iocharis Meyrick, 1918
Trachydora rhachitis Meyrick, 1913
Trachydora scandalotis Meyrick, 1921

Subnodes of Cosmopterigidae with occurrences in Republic South Africa
SubfamilyAntequerinae
Hodges, 1978
Antequeriines
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChrysopeleiinae
Mosher, 1916
Chrysopeleines
8
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCosmopteriginae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmorpterigines
21
97
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScaeosophinae
Meyrick, 1922
2
2
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