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Cosmopterix venefica Meyrick, 1915

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Higher taxa: Cosmopterigidae (family)/  Cosmopteriginae (subfamily)/  Cosmopterix (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Cosmopterix attenuatella
Authorship:Meyrick, 1915
Citation:Cosmopteryx [sic] venefica, n. sp.
Original genus:Cosmopterix
Publication:Meyrick E. 1915d. Descriptions of South American Micro-Lepidoptera.
Journal:Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:1915
Issue:2
Pagination:204–205
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14693363
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Gelechia attenuatella Walker, 1864; synonymized by S. J. Koster (2010a: 292).

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Cosmopterix venefica Meyrick, 1915 Lectotype NHMUK Lectotype ♂, designated by J. F. G. Clarke (1965a: 486), genitalia slide 9418♂, NHMUK Peru Peru, Lima, 500 ft, viii.1914, leg. Parish. Clarke J. F. G. 1965a. Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History), described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. V. Timyridae, Hyponomeutidae, Ethmiidae, Metachandidae, Cosmopterigidae, Walshiidae, Blastodacnidae, Scythridae. page 204–205
Cosmopterix venefica Meyrick, 1915 Lectotype NHMUK 11 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK. Peru Peru, Lima, 500 ft, viii.1914, leg. Parish. Clarke J. F. G. 1965a. Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History), described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. V. Timyridae, Hyponomeutidae, Ethmiidae, Metachandidae, Cosmopterigidae, Walshiidae, Blastodacnidae, Scythridae. page 204–205
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