Cosmetra spiculifera

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| taxon = Cosmetra spiculifera

| authority = (Meyrick, 1913)

| synonyms = *Eucosma spiculifera Meyrick, 1913

• Cosmetra anthophaga Diakonoff, 1977[https://islandbiodiversity.com/Phelsuma28h.pdf Bippus,_M. 2020b. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae). - Phelsuma 28: 60-100.]
• Cosmetra mucronata Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2012

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Cosmetra spiculifera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueGenusList.asp?gcode=264 "Cosmetra]. Tortricid.net. Retrieved October 13, 2019. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, South Africa, Gabon, Ghana, Réunion, Mauritius and Nigeria.{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2019 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/COSMSPIC |title=Cosmetra spiculifera (Meyrick, 1913) |website=Afromoths |access-date=October 13, 2019}}

This species has a wingspan of 11–14 mm, and is light ochreous with some grey suffusion along the dorsum, hindwings with blackish suffused veins.Aarvik, L. (2016). [http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4088.2.6 "Redefinition and revision of African Cosmetra Diakonoff, 1977 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with description of six new species"]. Zootaxa. 4088 (2): 245–256.