Summary description from Wikipedia:

Cosmopterigidae in languages:

Chinese

紋翅蛾科

Czech

zdobníčkovití

Danish

Frynsemøl

English

Cosmet Moths

English

Ornamental Moths

Finnish

välkekoit

German

Prachtfalter

Hungarian

tündérmolyfélék

Japanese

カザリバガ科

Korean

창날개뿔나방과

Swedish

fransmalar

Ukrainian

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Parent Taxon

• Lepidoptera

Sibling Taxa

• Ashinagidae
• Autostichidae
• Batrachedridae
• Blastobasidae
• Coleophoridae
• Cosmopterigidae
• Depressariidae
• Elachistidae
• Epimarptidae
• Gelechiidae
• Lecithoceridae
• Lypusidae
• Momphidae
• Oecophoridae
• Peleopodidae
• Pterolonchidae
• Schistonoeidae
• Scythrididae
• Stathmopodidae
• Xyloryctidae

Child Taxa

• Aeaea
• Aganoptila
• Amblytenes
• Antequerinae
• Aphanosara
• Archisopha
• Asymphorodes
• Bifascioides
• Calycobathra
• Chrysopeleiinae
• Clarkeophlebia
• Cosmopteriginae
• Crobylophanes
• Diversivalva
• Dysphoria
• Eumenodora
• Falcatariella
• Glaphyristis
• Hodgesiella
• Homosaces
• Hyposmochoma
• Lallia
• Metagrypa
• Mothonodes
• Neachandella
• Neelysia
• Neomariania
• Neomelanesthes
• Otonoma
• Palionebris
• Passalotis
• Periscoptila
• Persicoptila
• Phosphaticola
• Phthoraula
• Proterocosma
• Pseudascalenia
• Ramphis
• Ressia
• Rhadinastis
• Scaeosophinae
• Sematoptis
• Semolina
• Syntomaula
• Tolliella
• Trachydora
• Trissodoris
• Vulcaniella
• Xestocasis

Top Observation Places

• Kowloon
• Sha Tin
• Tseung Kwan O
• Kwai Chung
• Tsuen Wan
• Tai Po
• Fanling
• Ma On Shan
• Tsing Yi Town
• Yuen Long Kau Hui