Species Cosmopterix callichalca - Hodges#1481

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Coxmopterix sp.? - Cosmopterix callichalca

Pennsylvania Moth - Cosmopterix callichalca

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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 callichalca (Cosmopterix callichalca - Hodges#1481)

Hodges Number

1481

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cosmopterix callichalca Meyrick, 1922

Cosmopteryx [sic] callichalca Meyrick, 1922

Cosmopterix dicacula Hodges, 1962

Size

FWL: 3.1-5.7 mm. (1)

Identification

See description and figures here.

Range

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

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

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

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 16 December, 2016 - 7:26pm
Last updated 16 December, 2016 - 8:54pm

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