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Cosmopterix schmidiella

Synonyms: Cosmopterix obsoleta; Cosmopteryx schmidiella

Wikipedia Abstract

Cosmopterix schmidiella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from most of Great Britain to Romania, and from Japan through central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula. It is believed to be extinct in Britain. The wingspan is 9-9.5 mm. Adults are on wing from August to May. Then the larva hibernates outside of the mine in a hibernaculum.
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Infraspecies

Cosmopterix schmidiella mongoliella
Cosmopterix schmidiella schmidiella

Prey / Diet

Lathyrus niger (Black Pea)[1]
Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch)[1]

External References

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0