Cosmetra spiculifera

Cosmetra spiculifera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[2] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, South Africa, Gabon, Ghana, Réunion, Mauritius and Nigeria.[3]

Cosmetra spiculifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Cosmetra anthophaga Diakonoff, 1977[1]
  • Cosmetra mucronata Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2012

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.[4]

References
  1. Bippus,_M. 2020b. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae). - Phelsuma 28: 60-100.
  2. "Cosmetra. Tortricid.net. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cosmetra spiculifera (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  4. 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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