Cosmopterix bacata

(Cosmopterix bacata)

Description

Cosmopterix bacata is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in the United States from northern Florida to southwest Alabama south to central Florida and Louisiana. Adults have been collected from late April and mid-July.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Cosmopterigidae

Genus:Cosmopterix

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