COSMOPTERIGIDAE
(a family of micro-moths)

COSMOPTERIGIDAE (a family of micro-moths) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COSMOPTERIGIDAE (a family of micro-moths) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
COSMOPTERIGINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Pancalia leuwenhoekella
Violet Cosmet
Species 2 trophisms
Pancalia schwarzella
Scarce Violet Cosmet
Species 4 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCOSMOPTERIGIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COSMOPTERIGIDAE (a family of micro-moths)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. (Eds) 2002 Oecophoridae to Scythrididae except Gelechiidae (vol 4(1)) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 4 (Part 1), 326pp, Harley Books

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

COSMOPTERIGIDAE (a family of micro-moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to COSMOPTERIGIDAE (a family of micro-moths):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 30 images of COSMOPTERIGIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
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