Cosmopterix pararufella

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Cosmopterix pararufella
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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

The wingspan is about 11 mm.

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

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