Koekoeksbloempalpmot
Cosmardia moritzella
Cosmardia moritzella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belarus, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Norway, Ukraine and Russia.
19
Countries
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Taxonomy & Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gelechiidae
Genus
Cosmardia
Koekoeksbloempalpmot belongs to the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera, within the Insecta class.
Species Profile
Cosmardia moritzella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belarus, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Norway, Ukraine and Russia.
Cosmardia moritzella, the Koekoeksbloempalpmot, is critically endangered primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized host plant environments. The species has an extremely limited distribution and appears to be dependent on specific ecological conditions that are increasingly threatened by human activities and environmental changes.
Key Facts
Habitat & Distribution
Threats
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered
Cosmardia moritzella, the Koekoeksbloempalpmot, is critically endangered primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized host plant environments. The species has an extremely limited distribution and appears to be dependent on specific ecological conditions that are increasingly threatened by human activities and environmental changes.
Habitat loss and fragmentation
Host plant decline
Small population size and genetic bottlenecks
Agricultural intensification
Climate change impacts
Found in 19 Countries
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Sources & Attribution
How to Cite
IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS
GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org
This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Koekoeksbloempalpmot (Cosmardia moritzella). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/koekoeksbloempalpmot