Cosmopterix turbidella

Cosmopterix turbidella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the Canary Islands.

Cosmopterix turbidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Cosmopterix
Species:	C. turbidella
Binomial name
Cosmopterix turbidella (Rebel, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
Cosmopteryx turbidella Rebel, 1896

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Forsskalea angustifolia, Gesnouinia arborea, Parietaria debilis and Parietaria officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a corridor that runs from the midrib in the direction of the leaf margin, following a lateral vein. Later, the corridor widens into an irregular blotch. Most frass is ejected through a hole in the first section of the mine. Much of the frass grains are captured by spinning under the leaf. A single larva makes several mines.[3]

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. lepiforum.de
3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-03-21.