- Cosmopterix attenuatella
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Cosmopterix attenuatella 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Cosmopterigidae Genus: Cosmopterix Species: C. attenuatella Binomial name Cosmopterix attenuatella
(Walker, 1864)[1]Synonyms - Gelechia attenuatella Walker, 1864
- Cosmopterix flavofasciata Wollaston, 1879
- Cosmopterix mimetis Meyrick, 1897
- Cosmopteryx venefica Meyrick, 1915
- Cosmopteryx apiculata Meyrick, 1922
- Cosmopterix antillia Forbes, 1931
Cosmopterix attenuatella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of both the Old and New World, including the United States, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Galapagos Islands, Cook Islands, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 9 mm. There are probably two generations per year in the south of the temperate zone and more overlapping generations in the tropics, because here adults can be found throughout the year.[2]
The larvae feed on Cyperus rotundus and Scirpus species. They mine te leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch that descends from close to the tip of the leaf, occupying the entire width of the leaf. Older parts are brown and shrivelled, while youngest parts are yellow. The frass is black. Pupation takes place in an elongate white cocoon within the mine.[3]
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