Cosmopterix callinympha Meyrick, 1913
FAMILY | Cosmopterigidae |
SUBFAMILY | Cosmopteriginae |
GENUS | Cosmopterix |
SPECIES | callinympha |
AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1913 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Cosmopteryx [sic] callinympha, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Gauteng], Pretoria, e.l. 02.ii.1910, leg. A. J. T. Janse. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -25°44'44" Longitude: 28°11'18" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, type no 875, genitalia slide J. C. Koster 7289♀, TMSA. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267–336. |
PAGINATION | 307 |
Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
South Africa | Gauteng | Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267–336. | 307 |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 158 (2015):87–318. | 134 |
Tanzania, United Republic of | Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 158 (2015):87–318. | 134 |
Host Plants
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