Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher D. S., 1947

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Higher taxa:	Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Pterophorini (tribe)/  Cosmoclostis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Fletcher D. S., 1947
Citation:	Cosmoclostis brachybela sp. n.
Original genus:	Cosmoclostis
Publication:	Fletcher T. B. 1947. Some species of Cosmoclostis (Lep. Alucitidae).
Journal:	Journal of the Royal Entomological Society, London
Volume:	(B) 16
Issue:	3–4
Pagination:	44–45

Cosmoclostis brachybela (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Identified as Cosmoclostis pesseuta Meyrick, 1906 by E. Meyrick (1913e: 3) and by A. J. T. Janse, 1917.

Meyrick E. 1913e. Pterophoridae, Orneodidae. – In: Wagner, H. (ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher D. S., 1947	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide 20506♀, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, Mpumalanga, Barberton, 09.xii.1910, leg. A. J. T. Janse.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher D. S., 1947	Eswatini		Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2012. On the fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae Hübner) of Swaziland. page 163
Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher D. S., 1947	Kenya		Gielis C. 2011. Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera). page 54
Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher D. S., 1947	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Fletcher T. B. 1947. Some species of Cosmoclostis (Lep. Alucitidae). page 45
Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher D. S., 1947	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Arenberger E. 1998. The types of the species of Cosmoclostis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) and their genitalia. page 379

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Cosmoclostis brachybela (1)

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