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Species Cosmopterix scirpicola - Hodges#1494

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cosmopterix scirpicola - male Currituck County leaf miner on Schoenoplectus americanus D3101 2021 2.1 - Cosmopterix scirpicola Currituck County leaf miner on Schoenoplectus americanus D3101 adult maybe 2021 4 - Cosmopterix scirpicola 54 near Barbee mitigation leaf miner on Schoenoplectus pungens D3201 2021 3 - Cosmopterix scirpicola 54 near Barbee mitigation leaf miner on Schoenoplectus pungens D3201 2021 5 - Cosmopterix scirpicola 54 and Barbee mitigation wetland leaf miner on Schoenoplectus pungens D3223 2021 1.1 - Cosmopterix scirpicola 54 and Barbee mitigation wetland leaf miner on Schoenoplectus pungens D3223 adult 2021 2 - Cosmopterix scirpicola Green Cay leaf miner on Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani D3375 2021 2 - Cosmopterix scirpicola
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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 scirpicola (Cosmopterix scirpicola - Hodges#1494)
Hodges Number
1494
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cosmopterix scirpicola Hodges, 1962
Size
Forewing length 4.8-4.9 mm (1).
Identification
See description and figures here.
Genitalia:
♀
♂
Range
From Maryland and eastern Wyoming to Florida, southwest Louisiana and California (Hodges, 1978 (2)), and Alabama (1).
Season
Adults on the wing in the north in June and July, in Florida from late March to early June, in Louisiana in May and June and in California in late August (Hodges, 1978 (2)), probably bivoltine (1).
Food
Scirpus sp. (Cyperaceae) (Hodges, 1978 (2)) (1).
Life Cycle
Larvae mine in the stems (Hodges, 1978 (2)) (1).
See Also
Koster (2010) (1) and Hodges (1962) (3) both note that Cosmopterix fernaldella, C. ebriola, and C. scirpicola cannot be separated without dissection. However, range may be useful in eliminating possibilities. See comments here.
Print References
Hodges, 1962:49; figs. 44 (m. genitalia), 105 (f. genitalia), 157 (photo) (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World
Koster, J.C. . 2010. Zoologische Mededelingen 84: 251-575.
2.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.
3.A revision of the Cosmopterigidae of America north of Mexico, with a definition of the Momphidae and Walshiidae
Hodges, R. W. 1962. Entomologica Americana 42 (N. S.): 1-166.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 16 December, 2016 - 7:11pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 15 October, 2023 - 5:16pm

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