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Checklist for Subfamily Cosmopteriginae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 (Cosmorpterigines)
and region Malawi (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3307
8735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
64
1621
4426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
64
1621
4426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
62
1618
4423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
30
354
708
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
290
598
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
10
58
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids
7
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCosmopteriginae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmorpterigines
5
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malawi
5 Genera with 17 Species
Anatrachyntis Meyrick, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Colonophora Meyrick, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopterix Hübner, 192210SpeciesTaxom
Labdia F. Walker, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Macrobathra Meyrick, 19141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
17 Species
Anatrachyntis hemizopha (Meyrick, 1916)⇒ Pyroderces repandatella Legrand, 1965
Anatrachyntis simplex Walsingham, 1891False pink bollworm
Anatrachyntis tripola Meyrick, 1909
Colonophora cateiata Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908
Cosmopterix crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896
Cosmopterix cressida Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix emmolybda Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix meyi Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix mulanjensis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix nyikensis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix ophelia Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix transcissa Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix trilopha Meyrick, 1922
Labdia embrochota Meyrick, 1914
Labdia leptonoma Meyrick, 1927
Macrobathra proxena Meyrick, 1914

Subnodes of Cosmopteriginae with occurrences in Malawi
TribeCosmopterigini
1
10
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cosmopteriginae at artfakta.se
Cosmopteriginae at itis.gov