Cosmopterix athesiae
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Cosmopterix athesiae is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of cosmopterigidae (Cosmopterigidae). The species was alreadycollectedin 1898 by the Danish researcher Wilhelm von Hedemann (1836–1903) near Bozen , but it was not until 2007 that it was surprisingly identified as a new species. It is named after its place of discovery in the Etschland (Athesis is the old Latin name of the river Etsch ).
The moths have a wingspan of about 10 millimeters. Their wings are drawn metallic shiny, brown, yellow and white.
The nocturnal species is known from Italy ( South Tyrol ), the Mediterranean region (Spain, Greece) and Africa ( Cameroon , Tanzania ), a distribution pattern that is very unusual for a butterfly. The adults are attracted by artificial light sources. Nothing is known about the way of life and the host plants, the moths were found in oak forests and in bushy terrain.
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Individual evidence
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- Peter Huemer, Natural Science Collections of the Tyrolean State Museums , Innsbruck, Austria
- Sjaak Koster, National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, Leiden, Netherlands
Web links
- Cosmopterix athesiae at Fauna Europaea
- P. Huemer & S. KOSTER (2007): Cosmopterix athesiae sp. n., a widespread new species from Europe and Africa (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae, Cosmopteriginae). - Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 86: 75-82 (PDF)