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Cosmopterigidae 59a0355 – 1472   Cosmopterix pulchrimella (Chambers, 1875)              Beautiful Cosmopterix

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Description/ Field Marks: See Koster (2010) Genitalia: See Koster (2010) Synonymy: pulchrimella (Chambers, 1875) (Cosmopteryx) - MONA 1983: 1472 parietariae (Hering, 1931) (Cosmopteryx) pulcherrimella; (Chambers, 1878) (Cosmopteryx) missp.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Hodges, R. W., 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1, p. 25; pl. 2.22-23. order or free PDF Koster, J.C., 2010. The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World with special attention to the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 84(10): 251-575. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

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