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Cosmopterigidae: Link 1 Description & Statistics Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moths) is a family of insects in the order
Lepidoptera. They are all small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on leaves, seeds,
stems, etc of their host plants. There are 106 genera 1,629 described species
as of 2011. In North America there
are 26 genera and ca. 182 species.
The family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with
about 783 species. = = = = = =
= = = = = = = = = References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references
may be found at: MELVYL
Library] Hodges, R. W. 1969. Nearctic Walshiidae
notes and new taxa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Smithson. contrib. Zool. 18:
30 pp. Hodges, R. W. 1978. Fascicle
6.1 Gelechioidea Cosmopterigidae in Dominick et al. The moths of America
north of Mexico. E. W. Classey Ltd. London. 166 pp. Hodges, R. W. 1999. Chapter 9. The Gelechioidea, pp. 132- 158 in
Kristensen, Neils P. ed.. Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. Part 35, Vol. 1
in Handbook of Zoology. Maximilian Fischer ed. Walter de Gryter, New
York. 491 pp. |