Cosmopterix turbidella

Cosmopterix turbidella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Canary Islands.

Cosmopterix turbidella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species:
C. turbidella
Binomial name
Cosmopterix turbidella
(Rebel, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cosmopteryx turbidella Rebel, 1896

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.[2]

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
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. lepiforum.de
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
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