Cosmopterix turbidella
Cosmopterix turbidella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Canary Islands.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Cosmopterix |
Species: | C. turbidella |
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The larvae feed on Forsskalea angustifolia, Gesnouinia arborea, Parietaria debilis and Parietaria officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a corridor that runs from the midrib in the direction of the leaf margin, following a lateral vein. Later, the corridor widens into an irregular blotch. Most frass is ejected through a hole in the first section of the mine. Much of the frass grains are captured by spinning under the leaf. A single larva makes several mines.[3]
References
- Fauna Europaea
- lepiforum.de
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
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