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  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Curved-horn Moths
  7. Cosmet Moths

family

Cosmet Moths

Cosmopterigidae

Includes
58 native 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Cosmopteriginae 41 native
  • Chrysopeleiinae 14 native
  • Antequerinae 2 native
  • Asymphorodes 1 native
  • Trissodoris
  • Eumenodora

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native cosmet moths All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Shy Cosmet Moth Limnaecia phragmitella 5,136 observations
  • Gray Perimede Moth Perimede erransella 1,808 observations
  • Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth Cosmopterix pulchrimella 1,712 observations
  • Sweet Clover Root Borer Moth Walshia miscecolorella 1,358 observations
  • Coffeeberry Midrib Gall Moth Sorhagenia nimbosus 788 observations
  • Pink Scavenger Caterpillar Moth Anatrachyntis rileyi 538 observations
  • Triclonella bicoloripennis 512 observations
  • Lined Melanocinclis Moth Melanocinclis lineigera 495 observations
  • Orange-banded Triclonella Triclonella determinatella 456 observations
  • Bush-clover Triclonella Triclonella pergandeella 164 observations
  • Cosmopterix attenuatella 159 observations
  • Eteobalea sexnotella 130 observations
  • Fernald's Cosmopterix Moth Cosmopterix fernaldella 113 observations
  • Perimede ricina 94 observations
  • Cosmopterix clemensella 68 observations
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