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Cosmopteriginae

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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
Labdia
Labdia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Allotalanta
Allotalanta is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.
Vulcaniella
Vulcaniella is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae, containing the following species:
Coccidiphila
Coccidiphila is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Coccidiphila gerasimovi
species of insect
Isidiella
Isidiella is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Hodgesiella
Hodgesiella is a genus of moth 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.
Stagmatophora
Stagmatophora is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Macrobathra
Macrobathra is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Most species are endemic to Australia.
Glaphyristis
Glaphyristis is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Ischnobathra
Ischnobathra is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Anatrachyntis
Anatrachyntis is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Some authors include it in Pyroderces.
Triclonella
Triclonella is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Ramphis
Ramphis is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Melanocinclis
Melanocinclis is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Isidiella divitella
species of insect
Teladoma
Teladoma 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.
Persicoptila
Persicoptila is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Iressa
genus of insects
Syntomaula
Syntomaula is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Leptozestis
Leptozestis is a genus of moths in the family Elachistidae.
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.
Otonoma
Otonoma is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Tolliella
Tolliella is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Placoptila
Placoptila is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Anoncia
Anoncia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Trissodoris
Trissodoris is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Isorrhoa
Isorrhoa is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Ramphis ibericus
species of insect
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.
Eralea
Eralea is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Phaneroctena
Phaneroctena is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Coccidiphila danilevskyi
species of insect
Stagmatophora heydeniella
species of insect
Ashibusa jezoensis
species of insect
Tolliella fulguritella
species of insect
Coccidiphila ledereriella
species of insect
Mimodoxa
Mimodoxa is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Paratheta
Paratheta is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Isidiella nickerlii
species of insect
Hodgesiella rebeli
species of insect
Allotalanta autophaea
species of insect
Syntomaula cana
species of insect
Trissodoris honorariella
species of insect
Ramphis libanoticus
species of insect
Iressa neoleuca
species of insect
Archisopha
Archisopha is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Archisopha foliosa, which is found in Sri Lanka.
Paratheta calyptra
species of insect
Anoncia alboligula
species of insect
Coccidiphila kasypinkeri
species of insect
Triclonella aglaogramma
species of insect
Glaphyristis lithinopa
species of insect
Stagmatophora acanthodes
species of insect
Coccidiphila patriciae
species of insect
Rhadinastis loraria
species of insect
Mimodoxa dryina
species of insect