Cosmopterix coryphaea
| Cosmopterix coryphaea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Cosmopterix |
| Species: | C. coryphaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosmopterix coryphaea (Walsingham, 1908)[1] | |
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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 larvae feed on Phragmites australis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
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- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ lepiforum.de
- ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-03-21.