Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Gelechioidea Cosmopterigidae Cosmopteriginae

• Cosmopterix abnormalis (Walsingham, 1897) Haiti, Cayman Is., Jamaica

  • Comopterix abnormalis Walsingham, 1897; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 106; TL: Haiti, Port au Prince

  • Cosmopterix abnormalis; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 282, 258 (list); [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Cosmopterix aculeata (Meyrick, 1909) Ceylon, Assam, Burma. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx aculeata Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 419; TL: Maskeliya, Ceylon; Khasis; Fort Stedman, Burma

  • Cosmopterix aculeata; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix adrastea Koster, 2010 Cuba. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix adrastea Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 283, 258 (list); TL: Cuba, Pinar Rio, Sierra Rosario, 400m
• Cosmopterix albicaudis (Meyrick, 1932) Virgin Is., Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

  • Cosmopteryx albicaudis Meyrick, 1932; Exotic Microlep. 4 (10): 314; TL: Virgin Is., St. Thomas
  • Cosmopterix fugax Walsingham, MS
    • = ; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 284

  • Cosmopterix albicaudis; [NHM card]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 284, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix amalthea Koster, 2010 Cuba. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix amalthea Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 286, 258 (list); TL: Cuba, Holquin, Mayari, 400m
• Cosmopterix anadoxa (Meyrick, 1909) S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx anadoxa Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 412; TL: Nilgiris, 3500ft

  • Cosmopterix anadoxa; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix ananke Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix ananke Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 287, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltina, 1000m
• Cosmopterix ancalodes (Meyrick, 1919) Assam. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx ancalodes Meyrick, 1919; Exotic Microlep. 2 (9): 283; TL: Assam, Shillong

  • Cosmopterix ancalodes; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix ancistraea (Meyrick, 1913) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx ancistraea Meyrick, 1913; Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4): 307; TL: Barberton

  • Cosmopterix ancistraea; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix aphranassa Meyrick, 1926 Rapa I.

  • aphranassa Meyrick, 1926; Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. 74: 274

  • Cosmopterix aphranassa; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix argentifera Koster, 2010 Jamaica

  • Cosmopterix argentifera Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 289, 258 (list); TL: Jamaica, Moneague
• Cosmopterix argentitegulella Sinev, 1985 SE.Siberia, China (Jianxi). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix argentitegulella Sinev, 1985; Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr. 134: 80

  • Cosmopterix argentitegulella; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 132; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix artemidora (Meyrick, 1909) S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx artemidora Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 415; TL: N.Coorg, 3500ft

  • Cosmopterix antemidora[sic, recte artemidora]; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix artifica (Meyrick, 1909) Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx artifica Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 421; TL: Diyatalawa, Ceylon

  • Cosmopterix artifica; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix asiatica (Stainton, 1859) S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx asiatica Stainton, 1859; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 5: 122; TL: Calcutta

  • Cosmopterix asiatica; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix asignella Sinev, 1988

  • Cosmopterix asignella; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix astrapias (Walsingham, 1909) Massachusetts, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Mexico, Costa Rica - Brazil - Argentina, Jamaica. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx astrapias Walsingham, 1909; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 5; TL: Mexico, Tabasco, Teapa
  • Cosmopterix bendidia Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 22; TL: Madera Canyon, 4880', Santa Rita Ms, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
    • = ; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 290, 258 (list)

  • Cosmopterix astrapias, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix bendidia; [NACL], #1473; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
  • Cosmopterix astrapias; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 290, 258 (list)

  Larva on Ipomoea Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 26

• Cosmopterix asymmetrella Sinev, 1993

  • Cosmopterix asymmetrella; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix athesiae Huemer & Koster, 2006 Greece, Italy, Spain, Cameroons, Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix athesiae Huemer & Koster, 2006; Veröff. Tiroler Landesm. Ferdinandeum 86: 76; TL: Italy, Lago di Garda, Mt Maderno, 250m

  • Cosmopterix athesiae, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Cosmopterix athesiae; [AfroMoths]; [FE]
• Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864) Florida, Louisiana, S.Texas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Mexico - Brazil, Peru, Canary Is, Madeira, Australia, New Guinea, Borneo, Ceylon, S.India, China (Fujian), Japan. See [maps]

  • Gelechia attenuatella Walker, 1864; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 30: 1019; TL: Jamaica
  • Cosmopteryx flavofasciata Wollaston, 1879; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 3 (18): 438; TL: St. Helena
    • = ; Walsingham, [1908], Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907: 965; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 26; [NACL], #1474; [AUCL]; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 197; Landry, 2001, Revue suisse Zool. 108 (3): 526; [ME5], 116, 20; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 135; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 292, 258 (list); [AfroMoths]; [FE]
  • Cosmopteryx mimetis Meyrick, 1897; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 22 (2): 339; TL: Newcastle; Sydney, New South Wales
    • = Cosmopterix flavofasciata ; [NHM card]
    • = ; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 26; [NACL], #1474; [AUCL]; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 197; Landry, 2001, Revue suisse Zool. 108 (3): 526; [ME5], 116, 20; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 135; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 292, 258 (list); [AfroMoths]; [FE]
  • Cosmopteryx venefica Meyrick, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 205; TL: Peru, Lima, 500ft
    • = ; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 258 (list)
  • Cosmopteryx antichorda Meyrick, 1909; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 5 (7): 357; TL: Cape Colony, Clanwilliam
    • = ; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 258 (list)
  • Cosmopteryx apiculata Meyrick, 1922; Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 568; TL: Brazil, Parintins
    • = ; Landry, 2001, Revue suisse Zool. 108 (3): 526; [ME5], 116, 20; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 292, 258 (list); [AfroMoths]
  • Cosmopteryx melanarches Meyrick, 1929; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 76: 497; TL: Society Is.
    • = ; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 197
  • Cosmopteryx antillia Forbes, 1931; J. Agric. Porto Rico 15 (4): 356, pl. 42, f. 6; TL: Coamo Sprgs, Puerto Rico
    • = ; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 26; [NACL], #1474
    • = (antila); [NHM card]
    • = ; [AUCL]; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 197; Landry, 2001, Revue suisse Zool. 108 (3): 526; [ME5], 116, 20; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 135; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 292, 258 (list); [AfroMoths]

  • Cosmopterix attenuatella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Cosmopterix attenuatella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix flavofasciata; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopteryx mimetis; Meyrick, 1909, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 417
  • Cosmopterix venefica; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
  • Cosmopterix antichorda; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
  • Cosmopterix apiculata; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
  • Cosmopterix melanarches; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopteryx attenuatella; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 710
  • Cosmopterix attenuatella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 26, pl. 2, f. 25-26; [NACL], #1474; [NHM card]; [AUCL]; Landry, 2001, Revue suisse Zool. 108 (3): 526; [ME5], 116, 20; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 135; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 197; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 258 (list); [AfroMoths]; [FE]

  Larva on Cyperus Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 27, Cyperus rotundus, Scirpus sp., Melinus minutiflora Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 135

• Cosmopterix aurella (Bradley, 1957) Rennel I.

  • aurella (Bradley, 1957) (Cosmopteryx); Nat Hist. Rennell. I., Brit. Sol. Is. 2: 98

  • Cosmopterix aurella; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix aurotegulae Koster, 2010 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix aurotegulae Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 294, 258 (list); TL: Mexico, Veracruz, Nogales, Spring of Rio Blanco, 1300m
• Cosmopterix bacata Hodges, 1962 Florida, SW.Alabama, Louisiana. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix bacata Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 45; TL: Leroy, Alabama

  • Cosmopterix bacata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix bacata; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 35, pl. 3, f. 6; [NACL], #1491; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 295, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix bactrophora (Meyrick, 1908) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx bactrophora Meyrick, 1908; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1908: 733; TL: Transvaal, Pretoria

  • Cosmopterix bactrophora; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix baihashanella Kuroko & Liu, 2005 China (Beijing). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix baihashanella Kuroko & Liu, 2005; Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 137; TL: Beijing, Baihashan
• Cosmopterix bambusae (Meyrick, 1917) Bengal. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx bambusae Meyrick, 1917; Ent. mon. Mag. 53: 258; TL: Bengal, Pusa

  • Cosmopterix bambusae; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix basilisca (Meyrick, 1909) Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx basilisca Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 416; TL: Puttalam, Ceylon

  • Cosmopterix basilisca; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix beckeri Koster, 2010 Brazil (Santa Catarina). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix beckeri Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 296, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Brusque
• Cosmopterix belonacma (Meyrick, 1909) Assam. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx belonacma Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 416; TL: Khasis

  • Cosmopterix belonacma; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix bichromella Sinev & Park, 1994 Korea. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix bichromella Sinev & Park, 1994; Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 198; TL: Mt. Hanra-san, Isl. Jeju, S.Korea
• Cosmopterix bifidguttata Kuroko & Liu, 2005 China (Jiangxi, Zhejiang). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix bifidguttata Kuroko & Liu, 2005; Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 140; TL: Zhejiang, Fuyang
• Cosmopterix brachylina (Meyrick, 1933) Formosa

  • brachylina (Meyrick, 1933) (Cosmopteryx); Exotic Microlep. 4 (13-14): 426

  • Cosmopterix brachylina; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix brevicaudella Kuroko & Liu, 2005 China (Fujian). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix brevicaudella Kuroko & Liu, 2005; Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 135; TL: Fujian, Putian
• Cosmopterix callichalca Meyrick, 1922 Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Texas, Brazil (Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Goias, Minas Gerais), Argentina. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix callichalca Meyrick, 1922; Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 568; TL: Brazil, Parintins
  • Cosmopterix dicacula Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 34; TL: Gainesville, Florida
    • = ; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 298, 258 (list)

  • Cosmopterix callichalca, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix dicacula; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 30, pl. 2, f. 37; [NACL], #1481; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
  • Cosmopterix callichalca; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 298, 258 (list)

  Larva on Schizachyrium scoparium Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 299

• Cosmopterix callinympha (Meyrick, 1913) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx callinympha Meyrick, 1913; Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4): 307; TL: Pretoria

  • Cosmopterix callinympha; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix calliochra (Turner, 1926) Queensland. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx calliochra Turner, 1926; Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 50: 151

  • Cosmopterix calliochra; [NHM card]; [AUCL]
• Cosmopterix callisto Koster, 2010 Peru. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix callisto Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 300, 258 (list); TL: Peru, Cuzco Mts
• Cosmopterix calypso (Meyrick, 1919) Assam. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx calypso Meyrick, 1919; Exotic Microlep. 2 (9): 283; TL: Assam, Cherrapunji

  • Cosmopterix calypso; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix carpo Koster, 2010 Puerto Rico

  • Cosmopterix carpo Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 301, 258 (list); TL: Puerto Rico, Guanica, 170m
• Cosmopterix catharacma (Meyrick, 1909) Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx catharacma Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 415; TL: Peradeniya, Ceylon
• Cosmopterix chalcelata (Turner, 1923) N.Queensland. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx chalcelata Turner, 1923; Proc. R. Soc. Victoria (n.s.) 36: 59

  • Cosmopterix chalcelata; [NHM card]; [AUCL]
• Cosmopterix chaldene Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix chaldene Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 302, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltina, 1000m
• Cosmopterix chalupae Koster, 2010 Argentina. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix chalupae Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 304, 258 (list); TL: Argentina, Salta, P.N. El Rey, campsite 100km NE Metán, 890m
• Cosmopterix chalybaeella Walsingham, 1889 SW.Texas, New Mexico. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] chalybaeella Walsingham, 1889; Insect Life 1 (9): 289; TL: Southwest Texas

  • Cosmopterix chalybaeella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopteryx chalybaella[sic, recte chalybaeella]; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 711
  • Cosmopterix chalybaeella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 32, pl. 3, f. 4; [NACL], #1489; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 305, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix chasanica Sinev, 1985

  • Cosmopterix chasanica; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix chisosensis Hodges, 1978 Texas, Mississippi, Argentina (Salta, Tucuman). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix chisosensis Hodges, 1978; Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 31, pl. 6, f. 2; TL: Green Gulch, 5500', Chisos Mts, Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., Texas

  • Cosmopterix chisosensis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix chisosensis; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 33; [NACL], #1484; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 306, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix chlorochalca (Meyrick, 1915) Australia (Victoria). See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx chlorochalca Meyrick, 1915; Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 322; TL: Victoria, Gisborne

  • Cosmopterix chlorochalca; [NHM card]; [AUCL]
• Cosmopterix chrysobela (Meyrick, 1928) Assam. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx chrysobela Meyrick, 1928; Exot. Microlep. 3 (13): 395; TL: Assam, Shillong, 5000ft

  • Cosmopterix chrysobela; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix chrysocrates (Meyrick, 1919) Fiji

  • Cosmopteryx chrysocrates Meyrick, 1919; Exotic Microlep. 2 (8): 232; TL: Fiji, Natova

  • Cosmopterix chrysocrates; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix circe (Meyrick, 1921) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx circe Meyrick, 1921; Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2): 94; TL: Cape Colony, East London

  • Cosmopterix circe; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix citrinopa Meyrick, 1915 Peru. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix citrinopa Meyrick, 1915; 204; TL: Peru, Lima

  • Cosmopterix citrinopa; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 308, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix clandestinella Busck, 1906 Massachusetts, S.Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] clandestinella Busck, 1906; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 712; TL: District of Colombia

  • Cosmopterix clandestinella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopteryx clandestinella; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 35
  • Cosmopterix clandestinella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 27, pl. 2, f. 27; [NACL], #1475; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 309, 258 (list)

  Larva on Panicum clandestinum Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 27, Dichanthelium clandestinum Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 310

• Cosmopterix clemensella Stainton, 1860 Maine, S.Manitoba, S.Ontario, North Carolina, New York, Ohio. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] clemensella Stainton, 1860; Ent. Weekly Int. 9 (212): 31; TL: [Pennsylvania?]
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] hermodora Meyrick, 1919; Exotic Microlep. 2 (9): 282; TL: Toronto, Canada
    • = ; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 35; [NACL], #1493; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 311, 258 (list)

  • Cosmopterix clemensella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix clemensella, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopteryx clemensella; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 709
  • Cosmopterix clemensella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 35, pl. 3, f. 8-9; [NACL], #1493; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 311, 258 (list)

  Larva on Carex Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 36

• Cosmopterix cleophanes (Meyrick, 1937) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx cleophanes Meyrick, 1937; Exotic Microlep. 5 (4-5): 147

  • Cosmopterix cleophanes; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix cognita (Walsingham, 1891) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx cognita Walsingham, 1891; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1891 (1): 124, pl. 6, f. 64; TL: Estcourt, Natal

  • Cosmopterix cognita; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, [1908] NAF, SEU, Mediterranean, Canary Is., Near East. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] coryphaea Walsingham, [1908]; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907: 964, pl. 52, f. 10
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] donatellae Mariani, 1933; Boll. Soc. ent. econ. Palermo (n.s.) 14: 38
    • = ; [NHM card]; [ME5], 119, 20; [FE]
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] formosa Amsel, 1935; Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 20 (2): 304, pl. 11, f. 92
    • = ; [NHM card]; [ME5], 119, 20; [FE]
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] coryphae Agenjo, 1952
    • = ; [ME5], 119, 20; [FE]

  • Cosmopterix coryphaea, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Cosmopteryx sp.; Walsingham, 1901, Ent. mon. Mag. 37: 237
  • Cosmopterix coryphaea; [NHM card]; [ME5], 119, 20; Koster & Sammut, 2006, Nota Lepid. 29 (1/2): 54; [FE]

  Larva on Phragmites australis [ME5], 119

• Cosmopterix crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896 Algeria, Egypt, Near East, SWEU, Greece, Asia Minor, Transcaucasus. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896; Le Naturaliste 1896: 105
    • = Cosmopterix flavofasciata ; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] flavipes Turati, 1930; Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 69 (1): 84
    • = ; Sinev, 1997, Ent. Obozr. 76 (4): (813-829); [ME5], 117, 20; [AfroMoths]; [FE]
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] superba Gozmány, 1960; Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung. 52: 419; TL: Sohag, Egypt
    • = Cosmopterix attenuatella ; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 26; [NACL], #1474; [NHM card]; [AUCL]; Landry, 2001, Revue suisse Zool. 108 (3): 526; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 258 (list)
    • = ; Sinev, 1997, Ent. Obozr. 76 (4): (813-829); [ME5], 117, 20; [AfroMoths]; [FE]
  • Cosmopterix dalii Agenjo, 1981; Bol. Est. cent. ecol. 10 (20): 50
    • = ; Sinev, 1997, Ent. Obozr. 76 (4): (813-829); [ME5], 117, 20; [AfroMoths]; [FE]

  • Cosmopterix crassicervicella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Cosmopterix flavipes; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix dalii; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix crassicervicella; Sinev, 1997, Ent. Obozr. 76 (4): (813-829); [ME5], 117, 20; [AfroMoths]; [FE]

  Larva on Cyperus [ME5], 117

• Cosmopterix cuprea (Lower, 1916) N.Queensland. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx cuprea Lower, 1916; Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 40: 543; TL: Queensland, Kuranda

  • Cosmopterix cuprea; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix cyclopaea (Meyrick, 1909) S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx cyclopaea Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 413; TL: N.Coorg, 3500ft

  • Cosmopterix cyclopaea; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix dacryodes (Meyrick, 1910) Mauritius

  • Cosmopteryx dacryodes Meyrick, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 372; TL: Mauritius

  • Cosmopterix dacryodes; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix damnosa Hodges, 1962 Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, New Hampshire. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix damnosa Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 46; TL: Archold Biological Station, Highlands Co., Florida

  • Cosmopterix damnosa, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix damnosa, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopterix damnosa; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 35, pl. 3, f. 7; [NACL], #1492; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 312, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix dapifera Hodges, 1962 Tennessee, Arkansas - Florida, Arizona, Cuba, Brazil (Bahia). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix dapifera Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 31; TL: Madera Canyon, 4880', Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona

  • Cosmopterix dapifera, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix dapifera, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopterix dapifera; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 29, pl. 2, f. 35-36; [NACL], #1479; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 314, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix delicatella Walsingham, 1889 North Carolina. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] delicatella Walsingham, 1889; Insect Life 1 (9): 290; TL: North Carolina

  • Cosmopterix delicatella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopteryx delicatella; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 711
  • Cosmopterix delicatella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 29, pl. 2, f. 35-36; [NACL], #1480; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 316, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix diaphora Walsingham, 1909 Mexico, Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix diaphora Walsingham, 1909; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 6; TL: Mexico, Guerrero, Amula, 6000ft

  • Cosmopterix diaphora; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 317, 258 (list); [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Cosmopterix diplozona (Meyrick, 1921) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx diplozona Meyrick, 1921; Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2): 95; TL: Natal, Karkloof

  • Cosmopterix diplozona; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix dulcivora (Meyrick, 1919) Fiji, Samoa, Philippines, Java, Queensland, China (Jiangxi), Japan. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx dulcivora Meyrick, 1919; Exotic Microlep. 2 (8): 233; TL: Fiji, Natova
  • Cosmopterix sublaetifica Kuroko, 1982; Moths of Japan, 1: 268 [?]452
    • = ; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 143

  • Cosmopterix sublaetifica; [NHM card]; [RFEL]
  • Cosmopterix dulcivora; [NHM card]; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 143

  Larva on Miscanthus sinensis, Saccharum officinarum Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 143

• Cosmopterix ebriola Hodges, 1962 Florida, S.Mississippi, South Carolina, Cayman Is.. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix ebriola Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 50; TL: Archbold Biological Station, Highlands Co., Florida

  • Cosmopterix ebriola, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix ebriola; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 37, pl. 3, f. 12; [NACL], #1495; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 319, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix emmolybda (Meyrick, 1914) Malawi. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx emmolybda Meyrick, 1914; Exot. Microlep. 1 (9): 280; TL: Nyassaland, Mt Mlanje

  • Cosmopterix emmolybda; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix epismaragda (Meyrick, 1932) Abyssinia. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx epismaragda Meyrick, 1932; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 80 (1): 113; TL: Abyssinia

  • Cosmopterix epismaragda; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix epizona (Meyrick, 1897) S.Queensland. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx epizona Meyrick, 1897; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 22 (2): 340; TL: Brisbane, Queensland

  • Cosmopterix epizona; [NHM card]; [AUCL]
• Cosmopterix erasmia (Meyrick, 1915) Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas, Para). See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx erasmia Meyrick, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 206; TL: Guyana, Bartica

  • Cosmopterix erasmia; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 320, 258 (list); [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
• Cosmopterix erethista (Meyrick, 1909) Assam. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx erethista Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 413; TL: Khasis

  • Cosmopterix erethista; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix erinome Koster, 2010 Alabama, Mississippi. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix erinome Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 322, 258 (list); TL: Alabama, Baldwin Co., Plash Is, end of Hwy 6

  • Cosmopterix erinome, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
• Cosmopterix ermolaevi Sinev, 1985

  • Cosmopterix ermolaevi; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix etmylaurae Koster, 2010 Costa Rica. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix etmylaurae Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 323, 258 (list); TL: Costa Rica, San José, San Pedro

  Larva on Ipomoea neei Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 325

• Cosmopterix euanthe Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix euanthe Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 325, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltina, 1000m
• Cosmopterix eukelade Koster, 2010 Peru. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix eukelade Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 327, 258 (list); TL: Peru, Cuzco Mts
• Cosmopterix euporie Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix euporie Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 328, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Plantina, Distrito Federal, 1000m
• Cosmopterix facunda Hodges, 1962 Texas. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix facunda Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 55; TL: Brownsville, Texas

  • Cosmopterix facunda, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix facunda; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 55; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 38, pl. 3, f. 15; [NACL], #1498; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 329, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix feminella Sinev, 1988

  • Cosmopterix feminella; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix fernaldella Walsingham, 1882 Maine, S.Ontario, Mischigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] fernaldella Walsingham, 1882; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 10: 197

  • Cosmopterix fernaldella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix fernaldella, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopteryx fernaldella; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 56; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 711
  • Cosmopterix fernaldella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 37, pl. 3, f. 13; [NACL], #1496; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 330, 258 (list)

  Larva on Carex Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 97

• Cosmopterix floridanella Beutenmüller, 1889 Florida, Arkansas, SW.Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Cayman Is., Cuba, Jamaica, Virgin Is.. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] floridanella Beutenmüller, 1889; Ent. Amer. 5: 10; TL: Central Florida
    • = Cosmopterix fernaldella ; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] nigrapunctella Busck, 1900; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 23 (1208): 235; TL: Palm Beach, Florida
    • = Cosmopterix fernaldella ; [NHM card]
    • = ; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 37; [NACL], #1497; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 332, 258 (list)

  • Cosmopterix floridanella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix floridanella, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopteryx floridanella; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 58
  • Cosmopteryx nigrapunctella; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 98
  • Cosmopterix floridanella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 37, pl. 3, f. 14; [NACL], #1497; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 332, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix fulminella (Stringer, 1930) Japan. See [maps]

  • fulminella (Stringer, 1930) (Cosmopteryx); Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 6 (34): 415

  • Cosmopterix fulminella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Cosmopterix fulminella; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 199; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix galapagosensis Landry, 2001 Galapagos Is.

  • Cosmopterix galapagosensis Landry, 2001; Revue suisse Zool. 108 (3): 524; TL: Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Los Gemelos

  • Cosmopterix galapagosensis; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 334, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix ganymedes Koster, 2010 Argentina (Salta), Brazil (Goias). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix ganymedes Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 335, 258 (list); TL: Argentina, Salta
• Cosmopterix geminella Sinev, 1985

  • Cosmopterix geminella; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix gemmiferella Clemens, 1860 Maine, S.Quebec, Illinois, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] gemmiferella Clemens, 1860; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 12: 10; TL: [Pennsylvania?]

  • Cosmopterix gemmiferella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix gemmiferella, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopteryx gemmiferella; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 709; Braun, 1923, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 49 (2): 115
  • Cosmopterix gemmiferella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 34, pl. 3, f. 5; [NACL], #1490; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 337, 258 (list)

  Larva on Panicum dichotomum Braun, 1923, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 49 (2): 115, Dichanthelium dichotomum Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 338

• Cosmopterix gielisorum Koster, 2010 Ecuador. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix gielisorum Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 338, 258 (list); TL: Ecuador, Loja, 10km SE of Loja, Cajanuma Ranger Stt., 2850m, 4°6'58"S 79°10'19"W
• Cosmopterix glaucogramma Meyrick, 1934 Java. See [maps]

  • glaucogramma Meyrick, 1934; Exotic Microlep. 4 (16-17): 508

  • Cosmopterix glaucogramma; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix gloriosa (Meyrick, 1922) Fiji

  • Cosmopteryx gloriosa Meyrick, 1922; Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 567; TL: Fiji, Lautoka

  • Cosmopterix gloriosa; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix gomezpompai Koster, 2010 Costa Rica. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix gomezpompai Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 340, 258 (list); TL: Costa Rica, San José, San Gerardo de Rivas
• Cosmopterix gracilis Sinev, 1985 SE.Siberia, Japan, China (Jiangxi). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix gracilis Sinev, 1985; Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr. 134: 73

  • Cosmopterix gracilis; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 199; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 142; [RFEL]

  Larva on Arundinella [RFEL]

• Cosmopterix hamifera (Meyrick, 1909) Ceylon, S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx hamifera Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 420; TL: Ceylon

  • Cosmopterix hamifera; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix harpalyke Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix harpalyke Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 341, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltima, 1000m
• Cosmopterix heliactis (Meyrick, 1897) Queensland. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx heliactis Meyrick, 1897; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 22 (2): 340; TL: Toowoomba (2000ft), Queensland

  • Cosmopterix heliactis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Cosmopterix heliactis; [NHM card]; [AUCL]
• Cosmopterix helike Koster, 2010 Brazil (Goias). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix helike Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 342, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Goias, Alto Paraiso, 1300m
• Cosmopterix hermippe Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix hermippe Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 344, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltina, 1000m
• Cosmopterix hieraspis (Meyrick, 1924) Bengal. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx hieraspis Meyrick, 1924; Exot. Microlep. 3 (3): 89; TL: Bengal, Pusa

  • Cosmopterix hieraspis; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix himalia Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix himalia Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 345, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Planaltina, Distrito Federal, 1000m
• Cosmopterix holophracta (Meyrick, 1909) Assam. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx holophracta Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 414; TL: Khasis

  • Cosmopterix holophracta; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix inaugurata (Meyrick, 1922) Brazil (Para), Guayana. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx inaugurata Meyrick, 1922; Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 568; TL: Brazil, Para

  • Cosmopterix inaugurata; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 346, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix infundibulella Sinev, 1988 Korea. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix infundibulella; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 199; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix ingeniosa (Meyrick, 1909) Assam. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx ingeniosa Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 421; TL: Khasis

  • Cosmopterix ingeniosa; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix inopis Hodges, 1962 Arizona, Florida. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix inopis Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 41; TL: Madera Canyon, 4880', Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
  • Cosmopterix gracilens Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 30; TL: Palmerlee, Arizona
    • = ; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 348, 258 (list)

  • Cosmopterix inopis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix gracilens; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 64; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 28, pl. 2, f. 32; [NACL], #1478; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
  • Cosmopterix inopis; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 33, pl. 3, f. 3; [NACL], #1488; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 347, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix interfracta (Meyrick, 1922) Brazil (Para, Distrito Federal, Rio de Janeiro), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx interfracta Meyrick, 1922; Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 567; TL: Brazil, Obidos

  • Cosmopterix interfracta; [NHM card]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 351, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix io Koster, 2010 Mexico, Ecuador. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix io Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 351, 258 (list); TL: Mexico, Tamaulipas, Gomes Farias, 1000m
• Cosmopterix iocaste Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix iocaste Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 353, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltina, 1000m
• Cosmopterix iphigona (Meyrick, 1915) S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx iphigona Meyrick, 1915; Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 323; TL: Coorg, Dibidi, 3500ft

  • Cosmopterix iphigona; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix irrubricata (Walsingham, 1909) Mexico, Jamaica. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx irrubricata Walsingham, 1909; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 4, pl. 1, f. 1; TL: Vera Cruz, Atovac

  • Cosmopterix irrubricata; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 354, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix isoteles (Meyrick, 1919) New South Wales. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx isoteles Meyrick, 1919; Exotic Microlep. 2 (9): 282; TL: New South Wales, Sydney

  • Cosmopterix isoteles; [NHM card]; [AUCL]
• Cosmopterix isotoma (Meyrick, 1915) Guyana, Brazil (Distrito Federal, Para). See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx isotoma Meyrick, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 205; TL: Guyana, Bartica

  • Cosmopterix isotoma; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 355, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix issikiella Kuroko, 1957 Formosa

  • Cosmopterix issikiella Kuroko, 1957; Kontyû 25 (1): 31, pl. 2, f. 3; TL: Kansirei, Formosa

  • Cosmopterix issikiella; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix jiangxiella Kuroko & Liu, 2005 China (Jiangxi). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix jiangxiella Kuroko & Liu, 2005; Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 142; TL: Jiangxi, Linjiang Zhen
• Cosmopterix karsholti Koster, 2010 Peru. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix karsholti Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 357, 258 (list); TL: Peru, Apurimac, Abancay, 2200m
• Cosmopterix kurokoi Sinev, 1985 Korea. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix kurokoi; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 199; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix laetifica (Meyrick, 1909) S.India, Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx laetifica Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 418; TL: Diyatalawa, Ceylon; Nilgiris, 3500ft

  • Cosmopterix laetifica; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix laetificoides Sinev, 1993

  • Cosmopterix laetificoides; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix langmaidi Koster, 2010 Belize. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix langmaidi Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 358, 258 (list); TL: Belize, Cayo Distr., Chiquibul For. Res., Las Cuevas
• Cosmopterix lautissimella Amsel, 1968 Pakistan. See [maps]

  • lautissimella Amsel, 1968; Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. (191): 20

  • Cosmopterix lautissimella; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix lespedezae Walsingham, 1882 South Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] lespedezae Walsingham, 1882; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 10: 198; TL: [Texas]
    • = Cosmopterix attenuatella (lepidezae); [NHM card]

  • Cosmopterix lespedezae, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopteryx lespedezae; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 81
  • Cosmopterix lespedezae; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 30, pl. 2, f. 38; [NACL], #1482; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 359, 258 (list)

  Larva on Lespedeza , Desmodium Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 30

• Cosmopterix licnura (Meyrick, 1909) India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx licnura Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 414; TL: Khasis

  • Cosmopterix licnura; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix lienigiella Zeller, 1846 CEU, SEU, NAF, SE.Siberia, Korea, Japan. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] lienigiella Zeller, 1846; Isis 1846 (3/4): 298

  • Cosmopterix lienigiella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Cosmopterix lienigiella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Lienigia lienigiella; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix lienigiella; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 199; [ME5], 120, 20; [AfroMoths]; [FE]; [RFEL]

  Larva on Phragmites australis [ME5], 120

• Cosmopterix ligyrodes (Meyrick, 1915) India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx ligyrodes Meyrick, 1915; Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 322; TL: Kanara, Karwar

  • Cosmopterix ligyrodes; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix longivalvella Kuroko & Liu, 2005 China (Zhejiang). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix longivalvella Kuroko & Liu, 2005; Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 140; TL: Zhejiang, Wenzhou

  • Cosmopterix longivalvella; Huemer & Koster, 2006, Veröff. Tiroler Landesm. Ferdinandeum 86: 80 (note)
• Cosmopterix lummyae Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal), Colombia. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix lummyae Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 361, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Planaltina, Distrito Federal, 1000m
• Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002 Senegal, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002; Proc. Zool. Inst. St.Petersburg 293: [?]
  • Cosmopteryx attenuatella ab. luteoapicalis Ghesquière, 1942; Rev. zool. bot. Afr. 35: 424; TL: Senegal
    • = Cosmopterix attenuatella ; [NHM card]

  • Cosmopterix luteoapicalis; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix lysithea Koster, 2010 Brazil. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix lysithea Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 362, 258 (list); TL: Brazil, Planaltina, Distrito Federal, 1000m, 15°35'S 47°42'W
• Cosmopterix madeleinae Landry, 2001 Galapagos Is.

  • Cosmopterix madeleinae Landry, 2001; Revue suisse Zool. 108 (3): 518; TL: Galapágos, Santa Cruz, Los Gemelos

  • Cosmopterix madeleinae; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 364, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix macroglossa (Meyrick, 1913) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx macroglossa Meyrick, 1913; Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4): 306; TL: Waterval Onder, Pretoria

  • Cosmopterix macroglossa; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix macrula (Meyrick, 1897) S.Queensland, New South Wales. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx macrula Meyrick, 1897; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 22 (2): 339; TL: Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales

  • Cosmopterix macrula, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Cosmopterix macrula; [NHM card]; [AUCL]
• Cosmopterix magophila Meyrick, 1919 North Carolina, Arkansas, Michigan, Dominican Republic. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmoperix] magophila Meyrick, 1919; Exotic Microlep. 2 (9): 282; TL: Southern Pines, North Carolina

  • Cosmopterix magophila, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix magophila; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 28, pl. 2, f. 31; [NACL], #1477; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 365, 258 (list)
• Cosmopterix manipularis (Meyrick, 1909) S.India, Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx manipularis Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 419; TL: Maskeliya, Ceylon; N.Coorg, 3500ft

  • Cosmopterix manipularis; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix maritimella Sinev, 1985

  • Cosmopterix maritimella; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix metis Koster, 2010 Brazil. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix metis Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 366, 259 (list); TL: Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltina, 15°35'S 47°42'W
• Cosmopterix minutella Beutenmüller, 1889 Florida. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] minutella Beutenmüller, 1889; Ent. Amer. 5: 10; TL: Cenral Florida

  • Cosmopterix minutella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopteryx minutella; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 93
  • Cosmopterix minutella; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 711; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 33, pl. 2, f. 43; [NACL], #1486; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 368, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix mneme Koster, 2010 Brazil (Bahia). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix mneme Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 369, 259 (list); TL: Brazil, Bahia, Barra Grande, 2m
• Cosmopterix molybdina Hodges, 1962 Maine, California, Oregon, British Columbia. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix molybdina Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 19; TL: Bar Harbor, Maine

  • Cosmopterix molybdina, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix molybdina, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopterix molybdina; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 25, pl. 2, f. 21; [NACL], #1471; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 370, 259 (list)

  Larva on Ipomoea Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 25

• Cosmopterix montisella Chambers, 1875 New York, Oregon, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Arkansas, Iowa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix [= Cosmopterix] montisella Chambers, 1875; Cincinnati Q. J. Sci. 2 (4): 297; TL: Spanish Bar, Colorado
  • Cosmopteryx unicolorella Walsingham, 1889; Insect Life 1 (9): 291; TL: Siskiyou Co., California
    • = ; [NACL], #1476; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 372, 259 (list)

  • Cosmopterix montisella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix montisella, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopterix unicolorella; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 710
  • Cosmopteryx monticella[sic, recte montisella]; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 712
  • Cosmopterix montisella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 27, pl. 2, f. 28-30; [NACL], #1476; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 371, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix mystica (Meyrick, 1897) New South Wales. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx mystica Meyrick, 1897; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 22 (2): 338; TL: Sydney, New South Wales

  • Cosmopterix mystica; [AUCL]; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix nanshanella Kuroko & Liu, 2005 China (Zhejiang). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix nanshanella Kuroko & Liu, 2005; Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 141; TL: Zhejiang, Nanshan
• Cosmopterix navarroi Koster, 2010 Argentina. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix navarroi Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 373, 259 (list); TL: Argentina, Tucuman, 11km S Tacanas, 28 km WSW Trancas, 800m
• Cosmopterix neodesma (Meyrick, 1915) S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx neodesma Meyrick, 1915; Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 323; TL: Corg, Dibidi, 3500ft

  • Cosmopterix neodesma; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix nieukerkeni Koster, 2010 Argentina, Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix nieukerkeni Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 375, 259 (list); TL: Argentina, Tucuman, San Javier, 16km WNW Tucuman, 1010m
• Cosmopterix nishidai Koster, 2010 Costa Rica. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix nishidai Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 376, 259 (list); TL: Costa Rica, San José, San Pedro, 1150m

  Larva on Ipomoea neei Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 377

• Cosmopterix nitens Walsingham, 1889 South Carolina - Texas. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx[sic] nitens Walsingham, 1889; Insect Life 1 (9): 289; TL: Southwest Texas

  • Cosmopterix nitens, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix nitens, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopteryx nitens; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 712
  • Cosmopterix nitens; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 24, pl. 2, f. 20; [NACL], #1469; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 378, 259 (list)

  Larva on Phragmites australis Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 379

• Cosmopterix nonna Clarke, 1986 Marquesas

  • Cosmopterix nonna Clarke, 1986; Smithshon. Contr. Zool. 416: 309; TL: Marquesas Archipelago, Hiva Oa, Mt. Feani, 3400'

  • Cosmopterix nonna; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 99
• Cosmopterix nyctiphanes (Meyrick, 1915) Ecuador. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx nyctiphanes Meyrick, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 208; TL: Ecuador

  • Cosmopterix nyctiphanes; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 379, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix ochleria (Walsingham, 1909) Mexico. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx ochleria Walsingham, 1909; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 5; TL: Mexico, Tabasco, Teapa

  • Cosmopterix ochleria; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 380, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix omelkoi Sinev, 1993

  • Cosmopterix omelkoi; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix opulenta Braun, 1919 Oklahoma, Arizona - California, Costa Rica. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] opulenta Braun, 1919; Ent. News 30 (9): 260; TL: Rivera, Los Angeles Co., California

  • Cosmopterix opulenta, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix opulenta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopterix opulenta; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 31, pl. 2, f. 39-40; [NACL], #1483; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 381, 259 (list)

  Larva on Ambrosia psilostachya, Aremisia douglasiana Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 31

• Cosmopterix orichalcea Stainton, 1861 CEU, SEU, .... See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] orichalcea Stainton, 1861; Ent. Annual 1861: 90
  • Cosmopterix singularis Sinev, 1979; Nasekom. Mongol. 7: 382
    • = ; [ME5], 112, 20; [RFEL]

  • Cosmopterix orichalcea, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Cosmopterix orichalcea, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Cosmopterix singularis; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix orichalcea; [ME5], 112, 20; [FE]; [RFEL]

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Cosmopteryx druryella; auct.

  Larva on Phalaris arundinacea, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Festuca arundinacea, Milium effusum, Hierochloe odorata, H. australis [ME5], 113, Arundinella , Phalaris , Poa , Hierochloe , Phragmites [RFEL]

• Cosmopterix orthosie Koster, 2010 Brazil (Minas Gerais). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix orthosie Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 383, 259 (list); TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Sierra do Cipõm 1400m
• Cosmopterix oxyglossa (Meyrick, 1909) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx oxyglossa Meyrick, 1909; Ann. Transv. Mus. 2 (1): 18, pl. 6, f. 3; TL: Pretoria

  • Cosmopterix oxyglossa; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix pallifasciella (Snellen, 1897) Java. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx pallifasciella Snellen, 1897; Tijdschr. Ent. 40: 138, pl. 6, f. 1; TL: E.Java

  • Cosmopterix pallifasciella; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix paltophanes (Meyrick, 1909) Assam. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx paltophanes Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 417; TL: Khasis

  • Cosmopterix paltophanes; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix panopla (Meyrick, 1909) Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx panopla Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 412; TL: Hakgala, Ceylon

  • Cosmopterix panopla; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix pararufella Riedl, 1976 Tunisia, Spain, Corsica, Cyprus. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix pararufella Riedl, 1976; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (n.s) 12 (1): 190; TL: Tozeur

  • Cosmopterix pararufella; [NHM card]; [ME5], 118, 20; [FE]

  Larva on Saccharum officinarum [ME5], 119

• Cosmopterix pentachorda (Meyrick, 1915) Peru, Ecuador. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx pentachorda Meyrick, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 203; TL: Peru, Lima, 500ft

  • Cosmopterix pentachorda; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 384, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix phaeogastra (Meyrick, 1917) Bengal. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx phaeogastra Meyrick, 1917; Ent. mon. Mag. 53: 257; TL: Bengal, Pusa

  • Cosmopterix phaeogastra; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix phaesphora (Turner, 1923) S.Queensland. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx phaesphora Turner, 1923; Proc. R. Soc. Victoria (n.s.) 36: 59

  • Cosmopterix phaesphora; [NHM card]; [AUCL]
• Cosmopterix phengitella (Hübner, [1813])

  • Tinea phengitella Hübner, [1813]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [8]: pl. 47, f. 323

  • Cosmopterix phengitella; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix phyladelphella Sinev, 1985

  • Cosmopterix phyladelphella; [RFEL]

  Larva on Phyladelphus [RFEL]

• Cosmopterix phyllostachysea Kuroko, 1957 Japan, China (Jiangxi). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix phyllostachysea Kuroko, 1957; Kontyû 25 (1): 30, pl. 2, f. 4, pl. 3, f. 1-2, 4; TL: Hikosan, Kyushu

  • Cosmopterix phyllostachysea, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Cosmopterix phyllostachysea; [NHM card]; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 141

  Larva on Phyllostachys bambusoides var. aurea Kuroko, 1957, Kontyû 25 (1): 31

• Cosmopterix pimmaarteni Koster, 2010 Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix pimmaarteni Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 386, 259 (list); TL: Brazil, Planaltina, Distrito Federal
• Cosmopterix plesiasta (Meyrick, 1919) S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx plesiasta Meyrick, 1919; Exotic Microlep. 2 (9): 284; TL: Kanara, Castle Rock

  • Cosmopterix plesiasta; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix praxidike Koster, 2010 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix praxidike Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 387, 259 (list); TL: Mexico, Tamaulipas, El Ensino, 250m
• Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875 SWEU, Mediterranean, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Corsica, Sicily, Transcaucasus, Massachusetts - Florida, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] pulchrimella Chambers, 1875; Cincinnati Q. J. Sci. 2 (3): 231; TL: Covington, Kentucky
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] pulcherrimella [= pulchrimella] Chambers, 1878; (emend.)
    • = ; [ME5], 115, 20; [FE]
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] parietariae Hering, 1931; Mitt. Dt. Ent. Ges. 2: (67-70)
    • = ; [ME5], 115, 20; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 389, 259 (list); [FE]

  • Cosmopterix pulchrimella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Cosmopterix pulchrimella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix pulchrimella, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
  • Cosmopterix pulchrimella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Cosmopterix parietariae; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopteryx pulcherrimella[sic, recte pulchrimella]; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 709
  • Cosmopterix pulcherrimella[sic, recte pulchrimella]; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix pulchrimella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 25; [NACL], #1472; [ME5], 115, 20; Koster & Sammut, 2006, Nota Lepid. 29 (1/2): 53; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 389, 259 (list); [FE]

  Larva on Parietaria pensylvanica, Pilea pumila Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 26, Parietaria officinalis, P. judaica Koster & Sammut, 2006, Nota Lepid. 29 (1/2): 54

• Cosmopterix pustulatella (Snellen, 1897) Java. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx pustulatella Snellen, 1897; Tijdschr. Ent. 40: 139, pl. 6, f. 2; TL: Java, Tegal, Kemanglen

  • Cosmopterix pustulatella; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix pyrozela (Meyrick, 1922) Brazil (Amazonas). See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx pyrozela Meyrick, 1922; Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 566; TL: Brazil, R. Trombetas

  • Cosmopterix pyrozela; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 391, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix quadrilineella Chambers, 1878 Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, California. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] 4-lineella [= quadrilineella] Chambers, 1878; Bull. Geol. Surv. Terr. 4: 95; TL: Bosque Co., Texas

  • Cosmopterix quadrilineella, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopteryx quadrilineella; Busck, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 30 (1463): 710
  • Cosmopterix quadrilineella; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 32, pl. 2, f. 41-42; [NACL], #1485; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 391, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix rhynchognathosella Sinev, 1985 SE.Siberia, China (Sichuan, Emeishan), Japan. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix rhynchognathosella Sinev, 1985; Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr. 134: 86

  • Cosmopterix rhynchognathosella; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 197; [NHM card]; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 133; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix salahinella (Chrétien, 1907) Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Palestine, Arabia, Iran. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx salahinella Chrétien, 1907; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1907: 306; TL: Biskra
  • Cosmopteryx rufella Turati, 1927; Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 66 (3-4): 341
    • = ; Sinev, 1997, Ent. Obozr. 76 (4): (813-829); [ME5], 120, 20
  • Cosmopteryx phragmitidis Amsel, 1935; Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 20 (2): 304, pl. 11, f. 91
    • = ; Sinev, 1997, Ent. Obozr. 76 (4): (813-829); [ME5], 120, 20

  • Cosmopterix phragmitidis; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix rufella; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix salahinella; [NHM card]; [ME5], 120, 20

  Larva on Phragmites australis [ME5], 121

• Cosmopterix saltensis Koster, 2010 Argentina. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix saltensis Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 393, 259 (list); TL: Argentina, Salta, Quebrada del Toro, 6km NW Campo Quijano, 30km W. Salta, 1650m
• Cosmopterix sapporensis (Matsumura, 1931) Japan. See [maps]

  • Psacaphora sapporensis Matsumura, 1931; 6000 Illust. Insects Japan.-Empire: 1094
  • Cosmopterix kurilensis Sinev, 1985
    • = ; [RFEL]

  • Cosmopterix sapporensis, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Mompha sapporensis; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix sapporensis; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix scaligera (Meyrick, 1909) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx scaligera Meyrick, 1909; Ann. Transv. Mus. 2 (1): 18, pl. 6, f. 4; TL: Kranspoort, Ptetoria

  • Cosmopterix scaligera; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix schmidiella Frey, 1856 CEU, SEU, ..., N.Iran. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] schmidiella Frey, 1856; Die Tineen und Pterophoren der Schweiz: 257
  • obsoleta (Banks) (Cosmopteryx)
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Cosmopterix schmidiella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Cosmopterix schmidiella; [NHM card]; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 199; [ME5], 110, 20; [FE]; [RFEL]

  Larva on Vicia sepium, V. pisiformis, Orobus tuberus, O. niger, O. vernus [ME5], 112

  • C. s. mongoliella (Sinev, 1979) Mongolia, Korea, Japan

    • Cosmopteryx schmidiella mongoliella Sinev, 1979; Nasekom. Mongol. 7: 380
      • = Cosmopterix schmidiella ; [NHM card]; [ME5], 110, 20

    • Cosmopteryx schmidiella mongoliella; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix schouteni Koster, 2010 Argentina. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix schouteni Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 394, 259 (list); TL: Argentina, Jujuy, Mesada las Colmenas, 1130m
• Cosmopterix scirpicola Hodges, 1962 Maryland - Florida, Wyoming, Louisiana, California, Alabama. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix scirpicola Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 49; TL: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • Cosmopterix scirpicola, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix scirpicola, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopterix scirpicola; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 125; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 36, pl. 3, f. 10-11; [NACL], #1494; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 395, 259 (list)

  Larva on Scirpus Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 37

• Cosmopterix scribaiella Zeller, 1850 CEU, SEU, NAF, Asia Minor, C.Asia. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] scribaiella Zeller, 1850; Stettin Ent. Ztg. 11 (6): 197
  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] hermsiella Hering, 1889; Stettin ent. Ztg 50 (7-9): 308; TL: Stettin
    • = ; [FE]; [ME5], 114, 20

  • Cosmopterix scribaiella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Cosmopterix scribaiella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Cosmopterix hermsiella; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix scribaiella; [NHM card]; [ME5], 114, 20; [FE]; [RFEL]

  Larva on Phragmites australis [ME5], 115

  • C. s. japonica Kuroko, 1960 SE.Siberia, Japan

    • Cosmopterix scribaiella japonica Kuroko, 1960; Esakia 1: 9
      • = Cosmopterix scribaiella ; [ME5], 114, 20

    • Cosmopterix scribaiella japonica; [NHM card]; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix semnota (Meyrick, 1914) S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx semnota Meyrick, 1914; J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (4): 775; TL: Pykara, Nilgiris, 7000ft

  • Cosmopterix semnota; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix setariella Sinev, 1985 SE.Siberia, China (Jianxi). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix setariella Sinev, 1985; Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr. 134: 88

  • Cosmopterix setariella; Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 133; [RFEL]

  Larva on Setaria viridis Kuroko & Liu, 2005, Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 133

• Cosmopterix sibirica Sinev, 1985 S.Ural, S.Siberia, Mongolia. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix sibirica Sinev, 1985; Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr. 134: 93

  • Cosmopterix sibirica, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Cosmopterix sibirica; [ME5], 114, 20; [FE]; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix sichuanella Kuroko & Liu, 2005 China (Jiangxi, Sichuan). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix sichuanella Kuroko & Liu, 2005; Trans. lepid. Soc. Jpn 56 (2): 137; TL: Jiangxi, Lushan
• Cosmopterix similis Walsingham, 1897 Virgin Is.

  • Cosmopterix similis Walsingham, 1897; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 106; TL: Virgin Is., St. Thomas, Danish W. Indies

  • Cosmopterix similis; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 397, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix sinelinea Hodges, 1978 South Carolina. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix sinelinea Hodges, 1978; Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 24, pl. 6, f. 1; TL: The Wedge, McClellanville, South Carolina

  • Cosmopterix sinelinea, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

  • Cosmopterix sinelinea; Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004, Zootaxa 510: 129; [NACL], #1470; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 399, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix spiculata (Meyrick, 1909) Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx spiculata Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 420; TL: Maskeliya, Ceylon

  • Cosmopterix spiculata; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix splendens Sinev, 1985

  • Cosmopterix splendens; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix subsplendens Sinev, 1988

  • Cosmopterix subsplendens; [RFEL]
• Cosmopterix tabellaria (Meyrick, 1908) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx tabellaria Meyrick, 1908; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1908: 733; TL: Transvaal, Pretoria

  • Cosmopterix tabellaria; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix taygete Koster, 2010 Brazil (Bahia). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix taygete Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 400, 259 (list); TL: Brazil, Bahia, Barra Grande, 2m
• Cosmopterix teligera (Meyrick, 1915) Florida, Louisiana, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx teligera Meyrick, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 207; TL: Colombia, Cali, 500ft
  • Cosmopterix abdita Hodges, 1962; Ent. amer. (n.s.) 42: 40; TL: Archbold Biological Station, L. Placid, Highlands Co., Florida
    • = ; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 401, 259 (list)

  • Cosmopterix teligera, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Cosmopterix teligera, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Cosmopterix abdita; Hodges, 1978, Moths Amer. N of Mexico 6.1: 33, pl. 3, f. 1-2; [NACL], #1487; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]
  • Cosmopterix teligera; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 401, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix tenax (Meyrick, 1915) Colombia. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx tenax Meyrick, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 207; TL: Colombia, La Crumbre, 6600'

  • Cosmopterix tenax; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix tetrophthalma (Meyrick, 1921) S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx tetrophthalma Meyrick, 1921; Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2): 94; TL: Natal, Karkloof

  • Cosmopterix tetrophthalma; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix thebe Koster, 2010 Peru. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix thebe Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 404, 259 (list); TL: Peru, Yurimaguas
• Cosmopterix thelxinoe Koster, 2010 North Carolina, Brazil (Distrito Federal). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix thelxinoe Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 406, 259 (list); TL: North Carolina

  • Cosmopterix thelxinoe, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
• Cosmopterix themisto Koster, 2010 Brazil (Matto Grosso do Sul). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix themisto Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 407, 259 (list); TL: Brazil, S. Matto Grosso, 50, E of Amolar, Rio Caracara
• Cosmopterix thrasyzela (Meyrick, 1915) Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas, Para). See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx thrasyzela Meyrick, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (2): 206; TL: Guyana, Bartica

  • Cosmopterix thrasyzela; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 408, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix thyone Koster, 2010 Brazil (Minas Gerais). See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix thyone Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 410, 259 (list); TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Nova Lima, 850m
• Cosmopterix toraula (Meyrick, 1910) Borneo. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx toraula Meyrick, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 452; TL: Borneo, Kuching

  • Cosmopterix toraula; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix transcissa (Meyrick, 1914) Malawi. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx transcissa Meyrick, 1914; Exot. Microlep. 1 (7): 203; TL: Nyassalan, Mt Mlanje

  • Cosmopterix transcissa; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix trifasciella Koster, 2010 Ecuador. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix trifasciella Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 411, 259 (list); TL: Ecuador, Huigra, 4500'
• Cosmopterix trilopha (Meyrick, 1922) Uganda. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx trilopha Meyrick, 1922; Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 566; TL: Uganda, Kampala
  • Cosmopteryx rhabdophanes Meyrick, 1928; Exot. Microlep. 3 (13): 396; TL: Uganda, Kampala
    • = ; [AfroMoths]

  • Cosmopterix rhabdophanes; [NHM card]
  • Cosmopterix trilopha; [NHM card]; [AfroMoths]
• Cosmopterix turbidella Rebel, 1896 Canary Is.

  • Cosmopteryx [= Cosmopterix] turbidella Rebel, 1896; Ann. Mus. Wien 11: 135, pl. 3, f. 14; TL: Tenerife

  • Cosmopterix turbidella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Cosmopterix turbidella; [NHM card]; [ME5], 117, 20; [FE]

  Larva on Parietaria officinalis, P. debilis, P. arborea, Forsskaolea angustifolia [ME5], 118

• Cosmopterix vanderwolfi Koster, 2010 Puerto Rico

  • Cosmopterix vanderwolfi Koster, 2010; Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 412, 259 (list); TL: Puerto Rico, Patillas, 590m
• Cosmopterix vexillaris (Meyrick, 1909) Assam. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx vexillaris Meyrick, 1909; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (2): 418; TL: Khasis

  • Cosmopterix vexillaris; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix victor (Stringer, 1930) Japan. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx victor Stringer, 1930; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 6 (34): 416

  • Cosmopterix victor, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Cosmopterix victor; Kuroko, 1957, Kontyû 25 (1): 29, pl. 2, f. 1-2, pl. 3, f. 3; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 199; [NHM card]

  Larva on Sasa japonica, S. purpurascens, Arundinaria pygmaea var. glabra, Phyllostachys bambusoides var. aurea Kuroko, 1957, Kontyû 25 (1): 28

• Cosmopterix xanthura Walsingham, 1909 Mexico. See [maps]

  • Cosmopterix xanthura Walsingham, 1909; Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4: 6; TL: Mexico, Tabasco, Tapea

  • Cosmopterix xanthura; [NHM card]; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown]; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 514, 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix xuthogastra (Meyrick, 1910) Borneo. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx xuthogastra Meyrick, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 452; TL: Borneo, Kuching

  • Cosmopterix xuthogastra; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix yvani Landry, 2001 Galapagos Is.

  • Cosmopterix yvani Landry, 2001; Revue suisse Zool. 108 (3): 515; TL: Galapagos, Pinta, ~50m

  • Cosmopterix yvani; Koster, 2010, Zool. Med. Leiden 84: 259 (list)
• Cosmopterix zathea (Meyrick, 1917) S.India. See [maps]

  • Cosmopteryx zathea Meyrick, 1917; Exotic Microlep. 2 (2): 36; TL: Coorg, Pollibetta

  • Cosmopterix zathea; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix zenobia Meyrick, 1921 Java. See [maps]

  • zenobia Meyrick, 1921; Zool. Meded. Leyden 6: 168

  • Cosmopterix zenobia; [NHM card]
• Cosmopterix zieglerella (Hübner, [1810]) CEU, SEU, Asia Minor, Caucaus, C.Asia, ..., Japan. See [maps]

  • Tinea zieglerella Hübner, [1810]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [8]: pl. 44, f. 306
  • Gracillaria eximia Haworth, 1828; Lepid. Britannica (4): 532
    • = ; [NHM card]; [ME5], 109, 19; [FE]; [RFEL]

  • Cosmopterix zieglerella, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Cosmopterix zieglerella, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

  • Cosmopterix zieglerella; [NHM card]; Sinev & Park, 1994, Korean J. appl. Ent. 33 (3): 199; [ME5], 109, 19; [FE]; [RFEL]

  Larva on Humulus lupulus, Humulus japonicus [ME5], 110

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