Species Cosmopterix astrapias - Hodges#1473

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

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St. Andrews leaf miner on Ipomoea purpurea SA539 2016 1 - Cosmopterix astrapias

St. Andrews leaf miner on Ipomoea purpurea SA539 2016 3 - Cosmopterix astrapias

St. Andrews leaf miner on Ipomoea purpurea SA539 2016 6 - Cosmopterix astrapias

St. Andrews leaf miner on Ipomoea purpurea SA539 2016 12 - Cosmopterix astrapias

St. Andrews leaf miner on Ipomoea purpurea SA1094 2017 2 - Cosmopterix astrapias

St. Andrews leaf miner on Ipomoea purpurea SA1103 2017 2 - Cosmopterix astrapias

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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 astrapias (Cosmopterix astrapias - Hodges#1473)

Hodges Number

1473

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cosmopterix astrapias Walsingham, 1909

Cosmopterix bendidia Hodges, 1962

Numbers

There are 31 named species of the genus Cosmopterix in America north of mexico.

Size

Koster (2010) reports the forewing length of both sexes is 3.5-3.8 mm. (1). Hodges (1978) reports the forewing length of C. bendidia (a synonym) to be 3.2-4.5mm (2).

Identification

Koster (2010) states "the short oblique white line above the dorsal line near the base of the forewing is characteristic." (1)

Range

Massachusetts to Florida, Arkansas, Texas and Arizona to South America. (1)

Food

Koster (2010) reported the larvae are leaf miners on Ipomoea spp. in the United States. (1)

Print References

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 Leiden 84(10). p. 290; figs. 18, 121, 204, 309. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

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

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 December, 2013 - 10:26pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 17 December, 2016 - 10:38pm

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