Cosmopterix phyllostachysea

Cosmopterix phyllostachysea is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China (Jiangxi) and Japan.[1]

Cosmopterix phyllostachysea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cosmopterigidae
Genus:
Cosmopterix
Species:
C. phyllostachysea
Binomial name
Cosmopterix phyllostachysea
Kuroko, 1975

The length of the forewings is about 6 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Poaceae species in China and on Phyllostachys bambusoides in Japan. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear-blotch mine. The linear starts small, but gradually widens. The last instar larvae create an oval chamber. It later makes a smaller overwintering chamber of silk-like fiber within this bigger chamber. After overwintering, the larvae begin feeding on the mesophyll in March.

References
  1. A study of Chinese Cosmopterix Hübner (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) with descriptions of new species


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