Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851
(Bulrush Cosmet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Limnaecia phragmitella (Bulrush Cosmet)
Subfamily	COSMOPTERIGINAE (a subfamily of moths)
Family	COSMOPTERIGIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
Superfamily	GELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Limnaecia phragmitella is also a member of:
Leaf-miner moths - moths with leaf-mining larvae (via Cosmopterigidae)
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Gelechioidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Limnaecia phragmitella (Bulrush Cosmet) :
1: Limnaecia phragmitella (Bulrush Cosmet)
30 Jan 2005	OSGR: SU36	51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W	Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8)	England
Part-grown larvae at base of seeds on fruiting spikes of Reedmace

Limnaecia phragmitella (Bulrush Cosmet) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

COSMOPTERIGIDAE
(a family of micro-moths)

GELECHIOIDEA
(a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Limnaecia phragmitella (Bulrush Cosmet)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Limnaecia phragmitella (Bulrush Cosmet)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Limnaecia phragmitella is also a member of:

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