- Cosmopterigidae
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Cosmet moths 
Upperwings of some Hyposmocoma from the Hawaiian Islands Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Gelechioidea Family: Cosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moths) is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc of their host plants. There are about 1,500 described species. The family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with about 780 species.
Several genera formerly included here have turned out to be Agonoxeninae.
Taxonomy
The family consists of three subfamilies and the following genera.
- Subfamily Antequerinae Hodges, 1978
- Alloclita
- Antequera
- Cosmiosophista
- Euclemensia
- Gibeauxiella
- Limnaecia
- Pancalia
- Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae
- Afeda
- Ascalenia
- Bifascia
- Bifascioides
- Calycobathra
- Chrysopeleia
- Gisilia
- Ithome
- Nepotula
- Obithome
- Perimede
- Periploca
- Pristen
- Siskiwitia
- Sorhagenia
- Stilbosis
- Walshia
- Subfamily Cosmopteriginae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
- Adeana
- Allotalanta
- Anatrachyntis
- Anoncia
- Aphanosara
- Archisopha
- Ashibusa
- Axiarcha
- Clemmatista
- Coccidiphila
- Cosmopterix
- Diatonica
- Diversivalva
- Dorodoca
- Dromiaulis
- Ecballogonia
- Echinoscelis
- Endograptis
- Eralea
- Eritarbes
- Eteobalea
- Hodgesiella
- Hyposmocoma
- Glaphyristis
- Heterotactis
- Idiostyla
- Iressa
- Ischnobathra
- Isidiella
- Labdia
- Lallia
- Leptozestis
- Macrobathra
- Melanocinclis
- Parathystas
- Passalotis
- Pebobs
- Pyroderces
- Ramphis
- Ressia
- Sematoptis
- Stagmatophora
- Synploca
- Syntomaula
- Tanygona
- Teladoma
- Tolliella
- Triclonella
- Trissodoris
- Ulochora
- Urangela
- Vulcaniella
- Incertae sedis
- Acleracra
- Aganoptila
- Agonismus
- Amblytenes
- Apothetodes
- Calanesia
- Clarkeophlebia
- Colonophora
- Crobylophanes
- Cyphothyris
- Diophila
- Dynatophysis
- Eumenodora
- Falcatariella
- Griphocosma
- Haplophylax
- Harpograptis
- Hedroxena
- Helicacma
- Herlinda
- Homosaces
- Hyalochna
- Ischnangela
- Isostreptis
- Melanozestis
- Meleonoma
- Melnea
- Meneptila
- Metagrypa
- Microzestis
- Minivalva
- Mothonodes
- Neachandella
- Orthromicta
- Otonoma
- Pauroptila
- Pechyptila
- Persicoptila
- Phepsalostoma
- Phosphaticola
- Protogrypa
- Protorhiza
- Pseudascalenia
- Pycnagorastis
- Pyretaulax
- Rhadinastis
- Scaeosopha
- Scaeothyris
- Schendylotis
- Semolina
- Sindicola
- Spiroterma
- Streptothyris
- Stromatitica
- Strophalingias
- Thectophila
- Trachydora
- Zanclarches
External links
- Cosmopterigidae
- Revised Checklist of Cosmopterigidae in Neotropical Region
- Revised Checklist of Cosmopterigidae in America north of Mexico
- Cosmopterigidae at Fauna Europaea
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