Cosmopterosis spatha
Appearance
Cosmopterosis spatha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Cosmopterosis |
Species: | C. spatha
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Binomial name | |
Cosmopterosis spatha Solis in Solis, Metz & Janzen, 2009
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Cosmopterosis spatha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Maria Alma Solis in 2009.[1] It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been recorded from the provinces of Alajuela, Guanacaste, Limon and Puntarenas. It is found at altitudes between 50 and 1,600 meters.
The larvae feed on Capparis mollicella and Forchhammeria trifoliata.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Phylogenetic Analysis of Cosmopterosis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) with Discussions on Male Secondary Sexual Characters and Larval Feeding on Capparis (Capparaceae) in the Pyraloidea and Lepidoptera (Insecta)