Cosmopterigidae
59a0382.1n –
1498.11 Cosmopterix abnormalis
Walsingham, 1897
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| Distribution: |
USA: southern FL; Cayman Islands; Haiti; Jamaica. |
Description/
Field Marks: |
See Koster (2010) |
| Genitalia: |
See Koster (2010) |
| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
abnormalis Walsingham, 1897 (Cosmopterix) - MONA 1983: [NEW]; TL: [Haiti]: P[ort]. au Prince, 24.v.[18]94.asteria Walsingham, [no date] (Cosmopterix) nom. nud.
Note: Manuscript name mentioned in Koster (2010). |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Cosmopterix abnormalis Walsingham, 1897: This Caribbean species was first collected in NA in FL, in 1968. That may have been an unestablished introduction, as it was not found again until 2013, after which it became increasingly common (Hayden, in: Anderson & Hodges 2025 [Tri-ology]). |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Hayden, J.E. & M.R. Moore, 2025. Cosmopterix abnormalis Walsingham, a cosmopterigid moth, a new Continental USA record. In P.J. Anderson and G.S. Hodges (eds.), Tri-ology, 64(2): 9. (read online)
- 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): 282; figs 12, 115, 202, 283. (abstract and PDF)
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Walsingham, T. de G., 1897. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897(1): 106.
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