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Species Cosmopterix teligera - Hodges#1487

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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 teligera (Cosmopterix teligera - Hodges#1487)

Hodges Number

1487

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cosmopterix teligera Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopteryx teligera Meyrick, 1915
Cosmopterix abdita Hodges, 1962

Size

Forewing length 3.3-4.8 mm (1).

Identification

See description and figures here.

Range

Florida, south to Key Largo, and Louisiana to northwest Arkansas (Hodges, 1978 (2)) (1).

Season

Adults have been collected from March to October (2).

Food

Unknown (1).

See Also

Cosmopterix lespedezae is very similar. See here for a summary of potential differences.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Ken Childs on 3 November, 2013 - 10:35am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 9 May, 2025 - 3:31am

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