Cosmopterix scaligera Meyrick, 1909
| FAMILY | Cosmopterigidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Cosmopteriginae |
| GENUS | Cosmopterix |
| SPECIES | scaligera |
| AUTHOR | Meyrick, 1909 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Cosmopteryx [sic] scaligera |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Gauteng], Pretoria District, Kranspoort, xii, leg. A. J. T. Janse. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, TMSA. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(1):1–28, pls 1–8. |
| PAGINATION | 18–19; pl. 6, fig. 4 |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| South Africa | Gauteng | Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(1):1–28, pls 1–8. | 19 |
| South Africa | Eastern Cape | Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 158 (2015):87–318. | 182 |
| South Africa | Western Cape | Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 158 (2015):87–318. | 182 |
Host Plants
Unknown
