BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
GELECHIOIDEA
(a superfamily of micro-moths)
COSMOPTERIGIDAE
(a family of micro-moths)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

COSMOPTERIGIDAE (a family of micro-moths)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

British Leafminers: http://www.leafmines.co.uk/ (Leaf mining species) Web Site/Page
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. (Eds), 2002 Oecophoridae to Scythrididae except Gelechiidae (vol 4(1))
The leaf and stem mines of British flies and oher insects (TEST VERSION): http://www.ukflymines.co.uk (leaf/stem mining species) Web Site/Page

COSMOPTERIGIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with COSMOPTERIGIDAE:

Cosmopterigidae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

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