Cosmopterix luteoapicalis Sinev, 2002
| FAMILY | Cosmopterigidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Cosmopteriginae |
| GENUS | Cosmopterix |
| SPECIES | luteoapicalis |
| AUTHOR | Sinev, 2002 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | [Cosmopterix] luteoapicalis Sinev, sp. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Senegal, Bambey, 13.x.1938, leg. M. Risbec. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, genitalia slide J. C. Koster 7994♀, RMCA. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Sinev S. Yu. 2002a. World catalogue of cosmopterigid moths (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). - Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg 293:1-184. |
| PAGINATION | 80 |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Cameroon | Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 158 (2015):87-318. | 157 | |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Ghesquière J. 1942b. Un nouvel ennemi du mil au Sénégal. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 35(4):424. | (as attenuatella) | |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Orientale | Koster J. C. 2016. The genus Cosmopterix Hübner of continental Sub-Saharan Africa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Cosmopterigidae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 158 (2015):87-318. | 157 |
| Senegal | Ghesquière J. 1940c. Quelques microlépidoptères gelechiadae congolais. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 34(1):101-108. | (as attenuatella) |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Cyperaceae | Cyperus rotundus | Senegal | Ghesquière J. 1942b. Un nouvel ennemi du mil au Sénégal. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 35(4):424. | 424 |
