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Cosmopterix cleophanes Meyrick, 1937

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Higher taxa: Cosmopterigidae (family)/  Cosmopteriginae (subfamily)/  Cosmopterix (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Cosmopterix cognita
Authorship:Meyrick, 1937
Citation:Cosmopteryx [sic] cleophanes, n. sp.
Original genus:Cosmopterix
Publication:Meyrick E. 1937a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 5.
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Volume:5
Issue:3–5
Pagination:147
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Cosmopterix cleophanes (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Cosmopteryx [sic] cognita Walsingham, 1891; synonymized by J. Koster (2016: 136).

Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Cosmopterix cleophanes Meyrick, 1937 Holotype ♂ TMSA Holotype ♂, type no 877, TMSA. South Africa [South Africa, Eastern Cape], Cape Colony, Port St. Johns, 01–07.i.1931, leg. A. J. T. Janse.
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination