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Cosmopterigidae genera

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Cosmopterix
Cosmopterix is a large genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moths).
Alloclita
Alloclita is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Hyposmocoma
Hyposmocoma is a genus of moths with more 350 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands whose larvae are referred to by the common name of Hawaiian fancy case caterpillars. The genus was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. Most species of Hyposmocoma have plant-based diets, but four species, such as Hyposmocoma molluscivora, eat snails. The caterpillars spin silk, which they then use to capture and eat snails. These are the first caterpillars known to eat snails (or mollusks of any kind). One unnamed species in the genus, dubbed the "bone collector", lives in association with spid
Calycobathra
Calycobathra is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Allotalanta
Allotalanta is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.
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Gisilia
Gisilia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Ascalenia
Ascalenia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Labdia
Labdia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Macrobathra
Macrobathra is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Most species are endemic to Australia.
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Stagmatophora
Stagmatophora is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Eteobalea
Eteobalea is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is treated as a synonym of Stagmatophora by some authors.
Hodgesiella
Hodgesiella is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Coccidiphila
Coccidiphila is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Isidiella
Isidiella is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Vulcaniella
Vulcaniella is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae, containing the following species:
Pancalia
Pancalia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Siskiwitia
Siskiwitia is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Melanocinclis
Melanocinclis is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Aganoptila
Aganoptila is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Sorhagenia
Sorhagenia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. The name honours Ludwig Friedrich Sorhagen.
Cyphothyris
Cyphothyris is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Pyroderces
Pyroderces is a genus of cosmet moths (family Cosmopterigidae). It belongs to subfamily Cosmopteriginae. Some authors include Anatrachyntis here.
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Ramphis
Ramphis is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Glaphyristis
Glaphyristis is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Teladoma
Teladoma is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Triclonella
Triclonella is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Bifascioides
Bifascioides is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Ischnobathra
Ischnobathra is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Persicoptila
Persicoptila is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Anatrachyntis
Anatrachyntis is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Some authors include it in Pyroderces.
Limnaecia
Limnaecia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Orthromicta
Orthromicta is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Ithome
genus of insects
Syntomaula
Syntomaula is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Tanygona
Tanygona is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Tanygona lignicolorella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Dorodoca
Dorodoca is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Colonophora
Colonophora is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Sindicola
Sindicola is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Tolliella
Tolliella is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Trachydora
Trachydora is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Euclemensia
Euclemensia is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Anoncia
Anoncia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Walshia
Walshia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. thumb|Walshia
Iressa
genus of insects
Pseudascalenia
Pseudascalenia is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Rhadinastis
Rhadinastis is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Scaeosopha
Scaeosopha is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Stilbosis
Stilbosis is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Otonoma
Otonoma is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Leptozestis
Leptozestis is a genus of moths in the family Elachistidae.
Homosaces
Homosaces is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Hyalochna
Hyalochna is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Falcatariella
Falcatariella is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Chrysopeleia
genus of insects
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Eralea
Eralea is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Idiostyla
Idiostyla is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was discovered in 1921 by Edward Meyrick. Species include oculata and catharopis. Both were discovered in Fiji and neither has been catalogued since.
Trissodoris
Trissodoris is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Antequera
genus of insects
Phaneroctena
Phaneroctena is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Pauroptila
Pauroptila is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Pauroptila galenitis, which is found in South Africa.