Cosmopterix nyikensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gelechioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Cosmopterigidae
Subfamilia: Cosmopteriginae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species: Cosmopterix nyikensis

Name

Cosmopterix nyikensis Koster, 2015

Type locality: Malawi, Nyika Plateau, W of Chelinda Camp, rain forest, 2200 m.

Holotype: ZMHB. female ♀. 12.X.1996. legit W. Mey & M. Nuss. genitalia slide JCK 7972.

References

Primary references

• Koster, S.J.C. 2015. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie 158(2-3): 87–318. Reference page.