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Checklist of Family Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 (Cosmet Moths)
for Zimbabwe (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
480
6542
17532
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
478
6538
17527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
462
6445
17300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5519
15626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
1983
5266
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
1981
5263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
65
1975
5248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
27
580
1224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
23
495
1070
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
10
123
306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids
13
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zimbabwe
13 Genera with 31 Species
Alloclita Staudinger, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Anatrachyntis Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Ascalenia Wocke, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Asymphorodes Meyrick, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopterix Hübner, 201610SpeciesTaxom
Eteobalea Hodges, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Labdia F. Walker, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Limnaecia Stainton, 19285SpeciesTaxom
Macrobathra Meyrick, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Persicoptila Meyrick, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Scaeosopha Meyrick, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Stagmatophora Herrich-Schä..., 18912SpeciesTaxom
Stalagmostethus Stål, 17871SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
31 Species
Alloclita plumbaria Meyrick, 1921
Alloclita subitariella Riedl, 1993
Alloclita zelotypa Meyrick, 1918
Anatrachyntis tripola Meyrick, 1909
Ascalenia nudicornis Meyrick, 1913
Ascalenia phaneracma Meyrick, 1921
Ascalenia pulverata Meyrick, 1913
Asymphorodes trichogramma Clarke, 1986
Cosmopterix athesiae Huemer & Koster, 2006
Cosmopterix crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896
Cosmopterix francisco Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix juliet Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix marshalli Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix oxyglossa Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix paratrilopha Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix portia Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix rosalind Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix titania Koster, 2016
Eteobalea pentagama Meyrick, 1928
Labdia diophanes Meyrick, 1927
Limnaecia chloronephes Meyrick, 1924
Limnaecia explanata Meyrick, 1921
Limnaecia sarcanthes Meyrick, 1921
Limnaecia semisecta Meyrick, 1928
Macrobathra fasciata Walsingham, 1891
Macrobathra recrepans Meyrick, 1926
Persicoptila euphaedra (Lower, 1904)⇒ Trissodoris euphaedra Lower, 1904
Scaeosopha victoriensis Sinev & Li, 2012
Stagmatophora pentagama (Meyrick, 1928)⇒ Eteobalea pentagama Meyrick, 1928
Stagmatophora quinquecristata Walsingham, 1891
Stalagmostethus furcatus Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Cosmopterigidae with occurrences in Zimbabwe
SubfamilyAntequerinae
Hodges, 1978
Antequeriines
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChrysopeleiinae
Mosher, 1916
Chrysopeleines
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCosmopteriginae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmorpterigines
10
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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