Cosmopterix coryphaea
Species of moth
Cosmopterix coryphaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Cosmopterix |
Species: | C. coryphaea |
Binomial name | |
Cosmopterix coryphaea | |
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Cosmopterix coryphaea is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean region from Spain to Cyprus.
The wingspan is 9–10 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Phragmites australis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
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