Species Cosmopterix abnormalis - Hodges#1498.11

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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 abnormalis (Cosmopterix abnormalis - Hodges#1498.11)

Hodges Number

1498.11

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cosmopterix abnormalis Walsingham, 1897

Range

USA: southern FL; Cayman Islands; Haiti; Jamaica.

Type locality: [Haiti]: P[ort]. au Prince, 24.v.[18]94.

Remarks

Cosmopterix abnormalis Walsingham, 1897 is now recognized within the North American fauna; specimens collected from Fort Lauderdale, FL in 2013 by James Hayden.

Print References

Koster, J.C., 2010:282; figs 12, 115, 202, 283. (1)

Walsingham, T. de G., 1897. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897(1): 106.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (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 Steve Nanz on 9 June, 2025 - 2:53am
Last updated 9 June, 2025 - 4:20am

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