Cosmopterix crassicervicella

Cosmopterix crassicervicella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Cosmopterix
Species:	C. crassicervicella
Binomial name
	Cosmopterix crassicervicella; Chretien, 1896
Synonyms
	Cosmopteryx crassicervicella Chretien, 1896; Cosmopteryx dalii Agenjo, 1981; Cosmopteryx flavipes Turati, 1930; Cosmopteryx superba Gozmany, 1960;

Cosmopterix crassicervicella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from southern France and the Iberian Peninsula to Greece and Crete. It is also found on the Canary Islands and in the United Arab Emirates.^[2]

Adults are on wing from mid-April to mid-June and again from the end of August to the end of October.

The larvae feed on Cyperus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Afro Moths
^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-03-21.

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