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Cosmopterix teligera

(Cosmopterix teligera)

Description

Cosmopterix teligera is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from the United States (Florida, south to Key Largo, and from Louisiana to north-western Arkansas), Brazil (Federal District), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica and Mexico (Tamaulipas). Adults have been recorded from March to October in the United States. In Jamaica, adults have been found in January and February. There are probably overlapping generations in the tropics.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Cosmopterigidae
Genus:Cosmopterix
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