Cosmopterix attenuatella explained

Cosmopterix attenuatella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of both the Old and New World, including the United States, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Galápagos Islands, Cook Islands, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius and Saint Helena.

The wingspan is about 9 mm.^[1]

The larvae feed on Poaceae (Melinus minutiflora),^[2] Cyperus rotundus and Scirpus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World with special attention to the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) . 2011-03-17 . 2018-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181018211319/http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8402a01 . dead .
2. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2017 . Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864) . Afromoths . January 11, 2018.
3. Web site: Bladmineerders.nl . 2011-03-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724145536/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/cosmopterix/attenuatella/attenuatella.htm . 2011-07-24 . dead .