Cosmia
Encyclopedia
Cosmia is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family. It is also the name of a song by musician Joanna Newsom
off her sophomore album Ys
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is also the name of a song by musician Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom is an American harpist, pianist and singer-songwriter from Nevada City, California.- Early life :Newsom grew up in the small town of Nevada City, California...
off her sophomore album Ys
Ys (album)
Ys is the second album by Joanna Newsom. It was released by Drag City on November 14, 2006 to widespread critical acclaim. The album was named after the city of Ys, which according to myth was built on the coast of Brittany and later swallowed by the ocean...
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Species
- Cosmia achatina Butler, 1879
- Cosmia affinisCosmia affinisThe Lesser-spotted Pinion is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in central and southern Europe, north to Great Britain, Denmark, southern Sweden up to Saint Petersburg. East, its range extends through northern and central Asia up to Japan. It is also found in north-western Africa.The...
– Lesser-Spotted Pinion (Linnaeus, 1767) - Cosmia angulifera Boursin, 1957
- Cosmia calamiCosmia calamiThe American Dun-bar Moth is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, including California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin....
(Harvey, 1876) - Cosmia camptostigma (Ménétriés, 1859)
- Cosmia cara (Butler, 1881)
- Cosmia confinis Herrich-Schäffer, [1849]
- Cosmia diffinisCosmia diffinisThe White-spotted Pinion is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in central and southern Europe, north it is found up to central England and the southern parts of The Netherlands. There is a disjunct population in Gotland. South, it is found up to Spain, Italy, Russia, northern Greece and...
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Cosmia elisae Lafontaine & Troubridge, 2003
- Cosmia epipaschia (Grote, 1883)
- Cosmia flavifimbria (Hampson, 1910)
- Cosmia foveata (Pagenstecher, 1888)
- Cosmia hangrongtzuooi Ronkay & Ronkay, 1999
- Cosmia inconspicua (Draudt, 1950)
- Cosmia ledereri (Staudinger, 1897)
- Cosmia limacodina Sugi, 1997
- Cosmia mali Sugi, 1982
- Cosmia moderata (Staudinger, 1888)
- Cosmia monotona (Hampson, 1914)
- Cosmia natalensis (Prout, 1925)
- Cosmia ochreimargo (Hampson, 1894)
- Cosmia olivescens (Hampson, 1910)
- Cosmia poecilaCosmia poecilaCosmia poecila is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Taiwan....
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1997 - Cosmia polymorpha Pinhey, 1968
- Cosmia praeacuta (Smith, 1894) (syn: Cosmia parvimacula Smith, 1903)
- Cosmia pyralinaCosmia pyralinaThe Lunar-spotted Pinion is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found central Europe, in the north up to central Great Britain and southern Fennoscandia, south to northern Spain and central Italy, east through Bulgaria up to the Caucasus further through Asia up to Korea and Japan.The wingspan is...
– Lunar-Spotted Pinion (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - Cosmia restitutaCosmia restitutaCosmia restituta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan, Nepal and Taiwan.The length of the forewings is about 14 mm and the wingspan is 25-29 mm.-Subspecies:*Cosmia restituta restituta...
Walker, [1857] - Cosmia sanguinea Sugi, 1955
- Cosmia spurcopyga (Alphéraky, 1895)
- Cosmia subtilis Staudinger, 1888
- Cosmia trapezina – Dun-Bar (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cosmia trilineata (Motschulsky, 1860)
- Cosmia unicolor (Staudinger, 1892)