Cosmopterix callinympha

Cosmopterix callinympha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Cosmopterix
Species: C. callinympha
Binomial name
Cosmopterix callinympha
Meyrick, 1913

Cosmopterix callinympha is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are bronzy-ochreous with the costal and dorsal edges white from the base to the band and with a white subcostal line almost from the base to the band, touching the costa anteriorly. There is a white median line from the base to the band and a white subdorsal line from one-fourth to the band, as well as a broad irregular-edged orange band extending from before the middle to two-thirds, containing four golden-metallic spots (two dorsal, one subcostal beyond the first dorsal, edged posteriorly with a black speck, and one costal above the second dorsal). There is a white streak from the band along the termen to the apex. The hindwings are whitish.[2]

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