Cosmopterix phyllostachysea

Cosmopterix phyllostachysea
Cosmopterix phyllostachysea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species: C. phyllostachysea
Binomial name
Cosmopterix phyllostachysea
Kuroko, 1975

Cosmopterix phyllostachysea is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from China (Jiangxi) and Japan.[1]

The length of the forewings is about 6 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Poaceae species in China and on Phyllostachys bambusoides in Japan. They leaf miner|mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear-blotch mine. The linear starts small, but gradually widens. The last instar larvae create an oval chamber. It later makes a smaller overwintering chamber of silk-like fiber within this bigger chamber. After overwintering, the larvae begin feeding on the mesophyll in March.

References

  1. ^ A study of Chinese Cosmopterix Hübner (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) with descriptions of new species
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