| Cosmopterigidae | |
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| Upper wings of someHyposmocoma species from theHawaiian Islands | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 |
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TheCosmopterigidae are afamily ofinsects (cosmet moths) in the orderLepidoptera. These are smallmoths with narrow wings whose tinylarvae 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 theAgonoxeninae.
The family consists of four subfamilies:[1]
The following genera are in subfamily Cosmopteriginae or not assigned to a subfamily:[1] For genera assigned the other subfamilues seeAntequerinae,Chrysopeleiinae, andScaeosophinae.
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