Cosmopterix pararufella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Cosmopterix |
Species: | C. pararufella
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Binomial name | |
Cosmopterix pararufella Riedl, 1976[1]
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Cosmopterix pararufella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Spain, Greece, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus and North Africa, including Egypt.
The wingspan is about 11 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Saccharum officinarum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]