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Cosmopterigidae genera

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Isorrhoa
Isorrhoa is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Thectophila
Thectophila is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae, although some sources place it in the family Blastodacnidae. The genus contains only one species, Thectophila acmotypa. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.
Mimodoxa
Mimodoxa is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Scalideutis
Scalideutis is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Paratheta
Paratheta is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Periploca
genus of insects
Archisopha
Archisopha is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Archisopha foliosa, which is found in Sri Lanka.
Protogrypa
Protogrypa is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Protogrypa citromicta, which is found in Sri Lanka.
Axiarcha
Axiarcha is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Axiarcha discosema, which is found in South Africa.
Pyretaulax
Pyretaulax is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Pyretaulax miltogramma, which is found on Java.
Acleracra
Acleracra is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Acleracra pancarphalea, which is found in New Guinea.
Calanesia
Calanesia is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Calanesia karsholti, which is found in Tunisia, North Africa.
Amblytenes
Amblytenes is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Amblytenes lunatica, which is found in Brazil.
Afeda
Afeda is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It consists of only one species, Afeda biloba, which is found in Florida.
Passalotis
Passalotis is a genus of moth in the family of Cosmopterigidae.
Helicacma
Helicacma is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Helicacma catapasta, which is found in India (Assam).
Isostreptis
Isostreptis is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Isostreptis porphyrarga, which is found in China.
Griphocosma
Griphocosma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cosmopterigidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1929. It contains only one species, Griphocosma citroplecta, described by Edward Meyrick in 1917, which is found in Busa, India.
Hedroxena
Hedroxena is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Hedroxena barbara, which is found on the New Hebrides.
Melnea
Melnea is a gelechioid moth genus usually placed in the cosmet moth family (Cosmopterigidae); its exact relationships are not yet resolved however. Only a single species is known, Melnea armigera. It ranges widely in insular Melanesia and southern Polynesia (Nuku Hiva, Tahiti, Palau, Fiji and the Solomons). Furthermore it had been recorded from the Mauritius, Seychelles and Réunion. Its distribution is the result of accidental introductions by human travellers but its hostplant remains unknown.
Perimede
Perimede is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Haplophylax
Haplophylax is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Haplophylax paraphanes, which is found in India.
Ischnangela
Ischnangela is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Ischnangela eremocentra, which is found on Java.