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Cosmopterix flavofasciata Wollaston E., 1879

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Higher taxa: Cosmopterigidae (family)/  Cosmopteriginae (subfamily)/  Cosmopterix (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Cosmopterix attenuatella
Authorship:Wollaston E., 1879
Citation:Cosmopteryx [sic] flavofasciata, E. Woll.
Original genus:Cosmopterix
Publication:Wollaston T. V. 1879. Notes on the Lepidoptera of St. Helena, with descriptions of new species.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(5) 3
Issue:15
Pagination:438
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25159469
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Gelechia attenuatella Walker, 1864; synonymized by Walsingham (1907: 965).

Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1908a. Lepidoptera of Tenerife.
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Cosmopterix flavofasciata Wollaston E., 1879 Lectotype ♂ NHMUK Lectotype ♂, designated by S. J. Koster (2016: 127), genitalia slide 3723♂, NHMUK. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena, leg. Wollaston. Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). page 438
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