Cosmopterix setariella
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Cosmopterix setariella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Cosmopterix |
Species: | C. setariella
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Binomial name | |
Cosmopterix setariella Sinev, 1985
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Cosmopterix setariella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Russia, China (Jiangxi)[1] and Japan.
The length of the forewings is about 4.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Setaria viridis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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