Cosmopterix callichalca (Meyrick, 1922)

Family: Cosmopterigidae

Subfamily: Cosmopteriginae

Identification: See Koster (2010), Zool. Med. 84(10): 298; figs. 23, 125, 208, 311.

Wing Span: 0.62-1.14 cm

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Range: Records from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, and Texas.

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Taxonomy Notes: Cosmopterix callichalca Meyrick, 1922 includes as a synonym Cosmopterix dicacula Hodges 1962 [1481], Zool. Med. 84(10): 298.

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