Cosmopterigidae

Cosmopterigidae
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Upper wings of some Hyposmocoma from the Hawaiian Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Synonyms
Cosmopterygidae Diplosaridae Meyrick, 1915 Hyposmocomidae Hampson, 1918

The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the Lepidoptera order. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc. of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. The taxonomic family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with about 780 species.

Several genera formerly included here have been moved to the Agonoxeninae.

Taxonomy

The family consists of three subfamilies and these genera:

• Subfamily Antequerinae Hodges, 1978
• Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae Mosher, 1916
• Subfamily Cosmopteriginae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
  • Adeana
  • Allotalanta
  • Anatrachyntis
  • Anoncia
  • Aphanosara
  • Archisopha
  • Ashibusa
  • Axiarcha
  • Clemmatista
  • Coccidiphila
  • Cosmopterix
  • Diatonica
  • Diversivalva
  • Dorodoca
  • Dromiaulis
  • Ecballogonia
  • Echinoscelis
  • Endograptis
  • Eralea
  • Eteobalea
  • Hodgesiella
  • Hyposmocoma
  • Glaphyristis
  • Haplochrois
  • Heureta
  • Heterotactis
  • Idiostyla
  • Iressa
  • Ischnobathra
  • Isidiella
  • Isorrhoa
  • Labdia
  • Leptozestis
  • Macrobathra
  • Melanocinclis
  • Mimodoxa
  • Morphotica
  • Mothonodes
  • Opszyga
  • Otonoma
  • Paratheta
  • Parathystas
  • Passalotis
  • Pebobs
  • Pechyptila
  • Persicoptila
  • Phaneroctena
  • Pyroderces
  • Ramphis
  • Ressia
  • Rhadinastis
  • Sematoptis
  • Stagmatophora
  • Synploca
  • Syntomaula
  • Tanygona
  • Teladoma
  • Tetraconta
  • Tolliella
  • Triclonella
  • Trissodoris
  • Ulochora
  • Urangela
  • Vulcaniella
• Subfamily Scaeosophinae Meyrick, 1922
• Incertae sedis
  • Acleracra
  • Aganoptila
  • Amblytenes
  • Apothetodes
  • Calanesia
  • Clarkeophlebia
  • Colonophora
  • Crobylophanes
  • Diophila
  • Dynatophysis
  • Falcatariella
  • Griphocosma
  • Haplophylax
  • Harpograptis
  • Hedroxena
  • Herlinda
  • Homosaces
  • Ischnangela
  • Melanozestis
  • Meleonoma
  • Melnea
  • Meneptila
  • Metagrypa
  • Microzestis
  • Minivalva
  • Neachandella
  • Neomelanesthes
  • Orthromicta
  • Pauroptila
  • Phepsalostoma
  • Phosphaticola
  • Protorhiza
  • Pseudascalenia
  • Pycnagorastis
  • Pyretaulax
  • Schendylotis
  • Semolina
  • Sindicola
  • Spiroterma
  • Stromatitica
  • Strophalingias
  • Thectophila
  • Trachydora
  • Zanclarches

Selected former genera

• Eritarbes
• Lallia
• Scaeothyris
• Xestocasis

External links

• Cosmopterigidae
• Revised Checklist of Cosmopterigidae in Neotropical Region
• Revised Checklist of Cosmopterigidae in America north of Mexico
• Cosmopterigidae at Fauna Europaea
• Family Classification