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Cosmopterigidae 59a0378 – 1498   Cosmopterix facunda Hodges, 1962

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Description/ Field Marks: See Koster (2010) Genitalia: See Koster (2010) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: facunda Hodges, 1962 (Cosmopterix) - MONA 1983: 1498

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Hodges, R. W., 1978. Gelechioidea, Cosmopterigidae. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1: 38; pl. 3.15. (PDF (no fee) or order book) Koster, J.C., 2010. The genera Cosmopterix Hübner and Pebobs Hodges in the New World with special attention to the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 84(10): 251-575. (abstract and PDF) Species Page at iNaturalist U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Holotype ♀ (genitalia)

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