Species Cosmopterix bacata - Hodges#1491

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

COSMOPTERIX CLEMENSELLA ??? - Cosmopterix bacata

1491 – Cosmopterix bacata - Cosmopterix bacata

Cosmet Moth - Hodges #1493 - Cosmopterix bacata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)

Subfamily Cosmopteriginae

Genus Cosmopterix

Species bacata (Cosmopterix bacata - Hodges#1491)

Hodges Number

1491

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cosmopterix bacata Hodges, 1962

Size

FWL: 3.5-4.2 mm. (1)

Identification

Dark brown with an intense orange transverse fascia. The apical seven segments of the antenna are white preceded by brown segments. The dorsal surface of the head has three white lines, and the dorsal surface of the thorax has a medial white line. The base of the forewing has four bluish-white lines of which the subcostal line is short and slightly curved, the anteromedial line is short and unusually shorter than the posteromedial line. The transverse fascia is bordered basally by a band of shining silver scales and distally by two offset silver spots. (1)

Range

Records from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida (1) (2).

Type-locality: Leroy, Alabama. [CU] (1)

Season

Adults have been taken from late April through mid-July (1).

Food

Unknown (1) (2).

Life Cycle

Unknown (1) (2).

See Also

Similar to C. gemmiferella, but can be separated by the antennal color pattern. (1)

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 6.1, Gelechioidea, Antequerinae, Cosmopteriginae, Chrysopeleiinae. Hodges, R. W. 1978. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 166 pp.

2.	The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World Koster, J.C. . 2010. Zoologische Mededelingen 84: 251-575.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 3 December, 2016 - 1:09am
Last updated 11 February, 2017 - 6:06pm

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