Cosmopterix cuprea is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1916. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from northern Queensland.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Cosmopterix |
| Species: | C. cuprea
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| Cosmopterix cuprea Lower, 1916
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cosmopterix cuprea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Cosmopterix Hübner, 1825". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 9 July 2020.