Cosmopterix pararufella

Cosmopterix pararufella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Spain, Greece, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus and North Africa, including Egypt.

Cosmopterix pararufella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species:
C. pararufella
Binomial name
Cosmopterix pararufella
Riedl, 1976[1]

The wingspan is about 11 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Saccharum officinarum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References
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  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Infestation features of the leaf midrib miner, Cosmopterix pararufella Riedl (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae), a pest of sugarcane in Egypt


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