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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Cosmet Moths (Cosmopterigidae) » Cosmopteriginae » Cosmopterix » Cosmopterix damnosa - Hodges#1492 (Cosmopterix damnosa)

Species Cosmopterix damnosa - Hodges#1492

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Cosmopterix attenuatella? - Cosmopterix damnosa Cosmopterix - Cosmopterix damnosa
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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 damnosa (Cosmopterix damnosa - Hodges#1492)
Hodges Number
1492
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cosmopterix damnosa Hodges, 1962
Size
Forewing length 3.3-5.1 mm (1).
Identification
See description and figures here.
Range
Records from Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, and New Hampshire (1).
Season
Adults have been collected from late March to mid April and in September, indicating two generations (1).
See Also
Cosmopterix attenuatella
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World
Koster, J.C. . 2010. Zoologische Mededelingen 84: 251-575.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 16 December, 2016 - 7:06pm
Last updated 17 December, 2016 - 10:20pm

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