Cosmopterix desdemona Koster, 2016

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FAMILY Cosmopterigidae
SUBFAMILY Cosmopteriginae
GENUS Cosmopterix
SPECIES desdemona
AUTHORKoster, 2016
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONCosmopterix desdemona sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITYSouth Africa, Transvaal [Gauteng], Bundu Inn, 24.iii/1974, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -25°28'0" Longitude: 28°55'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide J. C. Koster 7603♂, TMSA; Paratypes 4 ♀, genitalia slides J. C. Koster 7604♀, 7610♀, TMSA.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 158 (2015):87–318.
PAGINATION 145–146, figs 28, 109, 176, 222

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa Gauteng Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 158 (2015):87–318. 145

Host Plants

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