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Cosmopterix turbidella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Cosmopterigidae

Scientific name
  
Cosmopterix turbidella

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cosmopterix

Rank
  
Species

Cosmopterix turbidella

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

The wingspan is 7-8 mm.

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.

References

Cosmopterix turbidella Wikipedia