The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species have been described. The taxonomic family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with about 780 species.
Several genera formerly included here have been moved to the Agonoxeninae.
Taxonomy
The family consists of four subfamilies:[1]
- Subfamily AntequerinaeHodges, 1978
- Subfamily ChrysopeleiinaeMosher, 1916
- Subfamily CosmopteriginaeHeinemann & Wocke, 1876
- Subfamily ScaeosophinaeMeyrick, 1922
Genera
The following genera are in subfamily Cosmopteriginae or not assigned to a subfamily:[1] For genera assigned the other subfamilues see Antequerinae, Chrysopeleiinae, and Scaeosophinae.
- Subfamily CosmopteriginaeHeinemann & Wocke, 1876
- Adeana
- Allotalanta
- Anatrachyntis
- Anoncia
- Aphanosara
- Archisopha
- Ashibusa
- Axiarcha
- Clemmatista
- Coccidiphila
- Cosmopterix
- Diatonica
- Diversivalva
- Dorodoca
- Dromiaulis
- Ecballogonia
- Echinoscelis
- Endograptis
- Eralea
- Eteobalea
- Hodgesiella
- Hyposmocoma
- Glaphyristis
- Haplochrois
- Heureta
- Heterotactis
- Idiostyla
- Iressa
- Ischnobathra
- Isidiella
- Isorrhoa
- Labdia
- Leptozestis
- Macrobathra
- Melanocinclis
- Mimodoxa
- Morphotica
- Mothonodes
- Opszyga
- Otonoma
- Paratheta
- Parathystas
- Passalotis
- Pebobs
- Pechyptila
- Persicoptila
- Phaneroctena
- Pyroderces
- Ramphis
- Ressia
- Rhadinastis
- Sematoptis
- Stagmatophora
- Synploca
- Syntomaula
- Tanygona
- Teladoma
- Tetraconta
- Tolliella
- Triclonella
- Trissodoris
- Ulochora
- Urangela
- Vulcaniella
- Incertae sedis
- Acleracra
- Aganoptila
- Amblytenes
- Apothetodes
- Calanesia
- Calycobathra
- Clarkeophlebia
- Colonophora
- Crobylophanes
- Dynatophysis
- Falcatariella
- Griphocosma
- Haplophylax
- Harpograptis
- Hedroxena
- Herlinda
- Homosaces
- Ischnangela
- Melanozestis
- Meleonoma
- Melnea
- Meneptila
- Metagrypa
- Microzestis
- Minivalva
- Neachandella
- Neomelanesthes
- Orthromicta
- Pauroptila
- Phepsalostoma
- Phosphaticola
- Protorhiza
- Pseudascalenia
- Pycnagorastis
- Pyretaulax
- Schendylotis
- Semolina
- Sindicola
- Spiroterma
- Stromatitica
- Strophalingias
- Thectophila
- Trachydora
- Zanclarches
Selected former genera
See also
References
- 1 2 Heikkilä, Maria; Mutanen, Marko; Kekkonen, Mari; Kaila, Lauri (2014). "La morfología refuerza las afinidades filogenéticas moleculares propuestas: una clasificación revisada para Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera)" . Cladistics . 30 (6): 563– 589. doi : 10.1111/cla.12064 . ISSN 0748-3007 . PMID 34794251 .
Enlaces externos
- Cosmopterigidae
- Lista de verificación revisada de Cosmopterigidae en la región neotropical
- Lista de verificación revisada de Cosmopterigidae en América del Norte, México
- Cosmopterigidae en Fauna Europaea
- Clasificación familiar
- Cosmopterigidae
- Familias de polillas
- Taxones nombrados por Hermann von Heinemann
- Taxones nombrados por Maximiliano Fernando Wocke
- Esquejes de Cosmopterigidae