Summary ²

The shy cosmet moth (Limnaecia phragmitella) is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from all of Europe, as well as Asia, Australia and New Zealand. It is also present in North America, where it is distributed from Nova Scotia to Virginia, west to Oklahoma and north to Ontario. The habitat consists of fens and marshes.

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1. (c) Jenn Forman Orth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/urtica/8156195402/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnaecia_phragmitella

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