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Subfamily Cosmopteriginae

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Cosmopterix Nitens

By Kristen Nehemiah Horst - Editor
Dign Press, 2011

The content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A synopsis is presently available at Alibris

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 15 March, 2012 - 9:12pm

Pink scavenger worm Pyroderces rileyi (Walsingham)

By McCoy, Clay
University of Florida, Cooperative Extension Service, Packinghouse Newsletter. 171:3-4, 1994

While this paper focus on Pyroderces rileyi, it does mention the two species of scavenger caterpillar, P. rileyi and P. badia, identified from citrus and have a geographical distribution that includes Florida. This paper can be downloaded from University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 25 March, 2012 - 7:49pm

The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World

By Koster, J.C.
Zoologische Mededelingen 84: 251-575, 2010

Special attention to the Neotropical fauna, Cosmopterigidae. This paper can be downloaded from NCB Naturalis, the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 18 March, 2012 - 9:48am

A review of the American moths of the genus Cosmopteryx Hübner

By Busck, A.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30: 707-713, 1906

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 March, 2012 - 5:26pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Cosmet Moths (Cosmopterigidae)

Notes on Cosmopterygidae with descriptions of new genera and species (microlepidoptera).

By Annette F. Braun
Entomological News 30(9), 1919

Online here.

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Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 18 December, 2016 - 7:21pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Cosmet Moths (Cosmopterigidae)

The genus Perimede Chambers in North America North of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Walshiidae)

By Hodges, R. W.
Entomological Society of Washington, 1962

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 64 (3): 145-154

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 15 March, 2015 - 5:34am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Cosmet Moths (Cosmopterigidae)

The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 6.1, Gelechioidea, Antequerinae, Cosmopteriginae, Chrysopeleiinae.

By Hodges, R. W.
London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 166 pp, 1978

In Domonick, R. B., T. Dominick, and C. R. Edwards (eds.). The moths of America north of Mexico. Fascicle 6.1.

Wedge Foundation

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 March, 2012 - 7:40pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Cosmet Moths (Cosmopterigidae)

Nearctic Walshiidae notes and new taxa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)

By Hodges, R. W.
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 18: 1-30, 1969

The Hodges 1969 paper is downloadable here

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 March, 2012 - 7:38pm

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