Cosmetra spiculifera

Cosmetra spiculifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Cosmetra
Species:	C. spiculifera
Binomial name
	Cosmetra spiculifera; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Eucosma spiculifera Meyrick, 1913; Cosmetra anthophaga Diakonoff, 1977; Cosmetra mucronata Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2012;

Cosmetra spiculifera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.^[2] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, South Africa, Gabon, Ghana, Réunion, Mauritius and Nigeria.^[3]

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This species has a wingspan of 11–14 mm, and is light ochreous with some grey suffusion along the dorsum, hindwings with blackish suffused veins.^[4]

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