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Cosmopterigidae 59a0377 – 1497   Cosmopterix floridanella (Beutenmüller, 1889)

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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.) Synonymy: floridanella (Beutenmüller, 1889) (Cosmopteryx) - MONA 1983: 1497 nigrapunctella (Busck, 1900) (Cosmopteryx)

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) Hodges, R. W., 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1, p. 37; pl. 3.14. 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 U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Holotype ♂

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