Metharmostis

Metharmostis is a genus of moths of the family Cosmopterigidae.^[1] The genus is defined by its distinct forewing pattern featuring two rows of grayish-yellow streaks from base of cell to crossvein, a cluster of long hair-pencils from the base frenulum in males, and divided halves of the seventh sternum bearing a dense cluster of sex scales in females.^[1]

Metharmostis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Metharmostis
Species
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One species of the genus Mathamostis multileneata was considered for use as biological control agent for Rhodomyrtus tomentosa in Florida however it was ultimately deemed not sufficiently host-specific.^[2]

Species

• Metharmostis asaphaula Meyrick, 1921
• Metharmostis multilineata Adamski, 2014