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Cosmopterix phyllostachysea

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Cosmopterix phyllostachysea is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from China (Jiangxi)[1][2] and Japan.[1][2][3]

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The length of the forewings is about 6 mm.[1] The larvae have been recorded feeding on bamboo, specifically on Phyllostachys bambusoides in Japan.[1] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear-blotch mine. The linear starts small, but gradually widens. The last instar larvae create an oval chamber. It later makes a smaller overwintering chamber of silk-like fiber within this bigger chamber. After overwintering, the larvae begin feeding on the mesophyll in March.

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