Cosmopterix

Cosmopterix is a species-rich genus of butterflies of the family splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).

Features

The moths have a smooth scaly head. The sensors are 3/4 for 4/ 5 is so long as the forewings and often distally slightly serrated. The arrangement of white and dark sections in the apical part of the sensor is species specific. The labial palps are cylindrical and elongated. The last segment is usually strongly curved upward, often reaching beyond the head. The fore wings are narrow and lanceolate and have a long, narrow, protruding apex. The drawing consists of a yellow or orange tie, which is surrounded by nodular, shiny metallic pads or patches. The hind wings are nearly straight.

In the males, the Brachia are strongly asymmetric. The left brachium is very short, slightly sclerotized and often inconspicuous. The right brachium is long, strongly sclerotized and for the species identification of meaning. The Tegumen is short and has the front edge of a sclerotized ridge. The Valven are rounded. They have a fairly narrow proximal portion and a distal portion dilated and densely hairy. The Valvellae are usually symmetrical. They are long, curved ventrally and sometimes have a dorsal bulge. The aedeagus is short, often bulbous and tapers to. There is a flange-shaped sclerotization at the base. The eighth segment has two oval Pleurallappen that obscure the basic Valve.

In females, the Apophyses are posterior half as long as the anterior Apophyses twice. The sterigma is strongly sclerotized, tubular and often stands out. At the far end is an ostium. The shape of the sterigma for species identification is important. The ductus bursae is long and narrow and sometimes sclerotized before flowing into the corpus bursae. The corpus bursae is provided with two triangular and oval, sometimes very small signals. The rear edge of the 7th sternite is made in the median plane as a bulge on, this is usually surrounded on the sides of special black scales.

Dissemination

The representatives of the genus are distributed with the exception of the polar regions of the world. To date, more than 230 species have been described, most are native to tropical regions.

Biology

The caterpillars nate in the leaves of various grasses, herbaceous plants or shrubs. The food plants belong to different families such as the hemp family ( Cannabaceae ), grasses ( Poaceae ), Leguminosae ( Fabaceae ), nettle family ( Urticaceae ) and others. Most species live Cosmopterix oligophagous or even monophagous, so that the knowledge of the food plant and the shape of the mine for species identification are important. The caterpillars ready to often silky hiding, in which they retire, if they do not eat. The caterpillars overwinter in a cocoon that is made inside or outside the mine.

System

The following list of species is based on the 2002 started by Sinev World catalog of cosmopterigid moths and was supplemented or corrected by other types of more recent work. The type species of the genus is Cosmopterix liengiella Zeller, 1846.

Cosmopterix abnormalis Walsingham, 1897
Cosmopterix aculeata Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix acutivalva Kuroko, 1987
Cosmopterix albicaudis Meyrick, 1932
Cosmopterix anadoxa Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix ancalodes Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix ancistraea Meyrick, 1913
Cosmopterix angoonae Kuroko, 1987
Cosmopterix antichorda Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix aphranassa Meyrick, 1926
Cosmopterix argentitegulella Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix artemidora Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix artifica Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix asiatica Stainton, 1859
Cosmopterix asignella Sinev, 1988
Cosmopterix astrapias Walsingham, 1909
Cosmopterix asymmetrella Sinev, 1993
Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)
Cosmopterix Aurella Bradley, 1959
Cosmopterix Bacata Hodges, 1962
Cosmopterix bactrophora Meyrick, 1908
Cosmopterix baihashanella Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005
Cosmopterix bambusae Meyrick, 1917
Cosmopterix basilisca Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix belonacma Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix bichromella Sinev & Park, 1994
Cosmopterix bifidiguttata Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005
Cosmopterix brachyclina Meyrick, 1933
Cosmopterix brevicaudella Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005
Cosmopterix callichalca Meyrick, 1922
Cosmopterix callinympha Meyrick, 1913
Cosmopterix calliochra ( Turner, 1926)
Cosmopterix calypso Meyrick, 1919
Cosmopterix catharacma Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix ceriocosma ( Meyrick, 1934)
Cosmopterix chalcelata ( Turner, 1923)
Cosmopterix chalybaeella Walsingham, 1889
Cosmopterix chasanica Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix chisosensis Hodges, 1978
Cosmopterix chlorochalca ( Meyrick, 1915)
Cosmopterix chrysobela Meyrick, 1928
Cosmopterix chrysocrates Meyrick, 1919
Cosmopterix circe Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix citrinopa Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix clandestinella Busck, 1906
Cosmopterix clemens ella Stainton, 1860
Cosmopterix cleophanes Meyrick, 1937
Cosmopterix cognita Walsingham, 1891
Cosmopterix complicata Kuroko, 1987
Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908
Cosmopterix cyclopaea Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix Dacryodes Meyrick, 1910
Cosmopterix damnosa Hodges, 1962
Cosmopterix dapifera Hodges, 1962
Cosmopterix delicatella Walsingham, 1889
Cosmopterix diandra Clarke, 1986
Cosmopterix diaphora Walsingham, 1909
Cosmopterix diplozona Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix dulcivora Meyrick, 1919
Cosmopterix ebriola Hodges, 1962
Cosmopterix emmolybda Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix epismaragda Meyrick, 1932
Cosmopterix epizona ( Meyrick, 1897)
Cosmopterix Erasmia Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix erethista Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix ermolaevi Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix Facunda Hodges, 1978
Cosmopterix Feminella Sinev, 1988
Cosmopterix fernaldella Walsingham, 1882
Cosmopterix flava Sinev, 1986
Cosmopterix florida ella Beutenmüller, 1889
Cosmopterix fulminella Stringer, 1930
Cosmopterix fuscella Sinev, 1988
Cosmopterix galapagosensis Landry, 2001
Cosmopterix geminella Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix gemmiferella Clemens, 1860
Cosmopterix glaucogramma Meyrick, 1934
Cosmopterix gloriosa Meyrick, 1922
Cosmopterix gramineella Kuroko, 1987
Cosmopterix hamifera Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix heliactis ( Meyrick, 1897)
Cosmopterix hieraspis Meyrick, 1924
Cosmopterix holophracta Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix inaugurata Meyrick, 1922
Cosmopterix infundibulella Sinev, 1988
Cosmopterix ingeniosa Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix inopis Hodges, 1962
Cosmopterix interfracta Meyrick, 1922
Cosmopterix iphigona Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix irrubricata Walsingham, 1909
Cosmopterix isoteles ( Meyrick, 1919)
Cosmopterix Isotoma Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix issikiella Kuroko, 1957
Cosmopterix jiangxiella Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005
Cosmopterix kerzhneri Sinev, 1982
Cosmopterix kurokoi Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix kuznetzovi Sinev, 1988
Cosmopterix laetifica Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix laetificoides Sinev, 1993
Cosmopterix latilineata Kuroko, 1987
Cosmopterix lautissimella Amsel, 1968
Cosmopterix lespedezae Walsingham, 1882
Cosmopterix licnura Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix lienigiella Zeller, 1846
Cosmopterix ligyrodes Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix longilineata Kuroko, 1987
Cosmopterix longivalvella Kuroko & YQ Liu, 2005
Cosmopterix lungsuana Kuroko, 2008
Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002
Cosmopterix macroglossa Meyrick, 1913
Cosmopterix macrula ( Meyrick, 1897)
Cosmopterix madeleinae Landry, 2001
Cosmopterix magophila Meyrick, 1919
Cosmopterix manipularis Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix maritime ella Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix melanarches Meyrick, 1928
Cosmopterix Minutella Beutenmüller, 1889
Cosmopterix molybdina Hodges, 1962
Cosmopterix monti ella Chambers, 1875
Cosmopterix mystica ( Meyrick, 1897)
Cosmopterix nanshanella Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005
Cosmopterix neodesma Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix nitens Walsingham, 1889
Cosmopterix nonna Clarke, 1986
Cosmopterix nyctiphanes Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix ochleria Walsingham, 1909
Cosmopterix omelkoi Sinev, 1993
Cosmopterix opulenta Brown, 1919
Cosmopterix orichalcea Stainton, 1861
Cosmopterix ornithognathosella Mey, 1998
Cosmopterix oxyglossa Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix pallifasciella Snellen, 1897
Cosmopterix paltophanes Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix panayella Mey, 1998
Cosmopterix panopla Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix pararufella Riedl, 1976
Cosmopterix pentachorda Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix phaeogastra Meyrick, 1917
Cosmopterix phaesphora ( Turner, 1923)
Cosmopterix phyladelphella Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix phyllostachysea Kuroko, 1975
Cosmopterix plesiasta Meyrick, 1919
Cosmopterix plumbigutella Kuroko, 1987
Cosmopterix Pocsi Sinev, 1988
Cosmopterix pseudo monti ella Sinev, 1988
Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875
Cosmopterix pustulatella Snellen, 1897
Cosmopterix pyrozela Meyrick, 1922
Cosmopterix quadrilineella Chambers, 1878
Cosmopterix rhyncognathosella Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix rumakomi Kuroko, 1987
Cosmopterix sanctivincentii Walsingham, 1892
Cosmopterix sapporensis ( Matsumura, 1931)
Cosmopterix scaligera Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix schmidiella Frey, 1856
Cosmopterix scirpicola Hodges, 1962
Cosmopterix scribaiella Zeller, 1850
Cosmopterix semnota Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix setariella Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix sharkovi Sinev, 1988
Cosmopterix sibirica Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix sichuan ella Kuroko & Y.Q. Liu, 2005
Cosmopterix similis Walsingham, 1897
Cosmopterix sine linea Hodges, 1978
Cosmopterix spiculata Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix splendens Sinev, 1985
Cosmopterix subsplendens Sinev, 1988
Cosmopterix tabellaria Meyrick, 1908
Cosmopterix teligera Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix tenax Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix tetragramma ( Meyrick, 1915)
Cosmopterix tetrophthalma Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix thrasyzela Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix toraula Meyrick, 1911
Cosmopterix transcissa Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterix trilopha Meyrick, 1922
Cosmopterix turbidella Rebel, 1896
Cosmopterix vexillaris Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix victor Stringer, 1930
Cosmopterix wongsirii Kuroko, 1987
Cosmopterix xanthura Walsingham, 1909
Cosmopterix xuthogastra Meyrick, 1910
Cosmopterix yvani Landry, 2001
Cosmopterix zathea Meyrick, 1917
Cosmopterix zenobia Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix ziegler ella Hübner, 1810

There are known the following synonyms:

Cosmopteryx Zeller, 1839
Liengiella winder, 1910

Swell

Cosmopterix zieglerella Scale (Lepidopteran anatomy) Sclerotin Pupa#Cocoon Cosmopterix athesiae Cosmopterix crassicervicella Cosmopterix salahinella

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