Cosmetra spiculifera

Cosmetra spiculifera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, South Africa, Gabon, Ghana, Réunion, Mauritius and Nigeria.[2]

Cosmetra spiculifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cosmetra
Species:
C. spiculifera
Binomial name
Cosmetra spiculifera
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Eucosma spiculifera Meyrick, 1913

This species has a wingspan of 11–14 mm, and is light ochreous with some grey suffusion along the dorsum, hindwings with blackish suffused veins.[3]

References

  1. "Cosmetra. Tortricid.net. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cosmetra spiculifera (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  3. Aarvik, L. (2016). "Redefinition and revision of African Cosmetra Diakonoff, 1977 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with description of six new species". Zootaxa. 4088 (2): 245–256.


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