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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 nitens - Hodges#1469 (Cosmopterix nitens)
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Cosmet Moth - Hodges #1469 - Cosmopterix nitens
Copyright © 2010 Robert Lord Zimlich

Cosmet Moth - Hodges #1469 - Cosmopterix nitens
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 3, 2010
Any guesstimate would leading the witness.
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 May, 2010 - 8:27pm
Last updated 21 August, 2015 - 5:37am

Moved
Moved from Cosmopterix.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 15 March, 2012 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

nitens
This looks good for Cosmopterix nitens.
… Terry Harrison, 15 March, 2012 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Certainly matches ...
the description. Let me know if there is anything I can add to the guide page. Thanks
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 15 March, 2012 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Koster paper
In addition to the Hodges 1978 "MONA" fascicle, there is a new paper that is very nice:

Koster, J. C. 2010. The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World with special attention to the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 84: 251-575.

It can be downloaded here.
… Terry Harrison, 16 March, 2012 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gelechioidea.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 18 May, 2010 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

Cosmopterix sp.
Species level ID is elusive. (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 18 May, 2010 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

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