Cossus

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Cossus
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Cossus cossus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cossidae
Genus:
Cossus

Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms
  • Teredo Hübner, 1806
  • Lyonetus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Trypanus Rambur, 1866
  • Caseus Castelnau, 1840
  • Cassus Dyar, 1905
  • Cussus Milyanovsky, 1964

Cossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

Species[]

Former species[]

  • Cossus abyssinicus Hampson, 1910
  • Cossus acronyctoides Moore, 1879
  • Cossus aegyptiacus Hampson, 1910
  • Cossus airani Daniel, 1937
  • Cossus aksuensis Daniel, 1953
  • Cossus araraticus Teich, 1896
  • Cossus aries Püngeler, 1902
  • Cossus badiala D. S. Fletcher, 1968
  • Cossus balcanicus Lederer, 1863
  • Cossus bianchii Krüger, 1934
  • Cossus bongiovannii Krüger, 1939
  • Cossus breviculus Mabille, 1880
  • Cossus brunneofasciatus Gaede, 1929
  • Cossus cadambae Moore, 1865
  • Cossus cashmirensis Moore, 1879
  • Cossus celebensis Roepke, 1957
  • Cossus centerensis Lintner, 1877
  • Cossus centrimaculatus Röber, 1925
  • Cossus cheesmani Tams, 1925
  • Cossus chloratus Swinhoe, 1892
  • Cossus cinereus Roepke, 1957
  • Cossus cirrilator Le Cerf, 1919
  • Cossus colossus Staudinger, 1887
  • Cossus crassilineatus Gaede, 1929
  • Cossus crucis Kenrick, 1914
  • Cossus divisus Rothschild, 1912
  • Cossus eutelia Clench, 1959
  • Cossus fanti Hampson, 1910
  • Cossus frater Warnecke, 1929
  • Cossus fulvosparsa Butler, 1882
  • Cossus funkei Röber, 1896
  • Cossus fuscibasis Hampson, 1895
  • Cossus gaerdesi Daniel, 1956
  • Cossus giganteus Schwingenschuss, 1938
  • Cossus greeni Arora, 1976
  • Cossus hunanensis Daniel, 1940
  • Cossus hycranus Christoph, 1888
  • Cossus incandescens Butler, 1875
  • Cossus javanus Roepke, 1957
  • Cossus kinabaluensis Gaede, 1933
  • Cossus kwouus Karsch, 1898
  • Cossus lepta West, 1932
  • Cossus likiangi Daniel, 1940
  • Cossus mauretanicus D. Lucas, 1907
  • Cossus modestus Staudinger, 1887
  • Cossus mokshanensis Daniel, 1949
  • Cossus mongolicus Erschoff, 1882
  • Cossus mucidus Edwards, 1882
  • Cossus nigeriae Bethune-Baker, 1915
  • Cossus nigromaculatus Hampson, 1892
  • Cossus osthelderi Daniel, 1933
  • Cossus parvipunctatus Hampson, 1892
  • Cossus parvulus Kenrick, 1914
  • Cossus pavidus Butler, 1882
  • Cossus perplexus Neumoegen, 1893
  • Cossus polygraphus Lower, 1893
  • Cossus populi Walker, 1865
  • Cossus pusillus Roepke, 1957
  • Cossus rectangulatus Wichgraf, 1921
  • Cossus reussi Strand, 1913
  • Cossus rufidorsia Hampson, 1905
  • Cossus saharae D. Lucas, 1907
  • Cossus sakalava Viette, 1958
  • Cossus sareptensis Rothschild, 1912
  • Cossus semicurvatus Gaede, 1929
  • Cossus seineri Grünberg
  • Cossus senex Butler, 1882
  • Cossus sidamo Rougeot, 1977
  • Cossus stertzi Püngeler, 1900
  • Cossus stigmaticus Moore, 1879
  • Cossus striolatus Rothschild, 1912
  • Cossus subfuscus Snellen, 1895
  • Cossus tahamae Wiltshire, 1949
  • Cossus tahlai Dumont, 1932
  • Cossus tapinus Püngeler, 1898
  • Cossus terebroides Felder, 1874
  • Cossus toluminus Druce, 1887
  • Cossus turati Krüger, 1934
  • Cossus unguiculatus Fabricius, 1793
  • Cossus verbeeki Roepke, 1957
  • Cossus vinctus Walker, 1865
  • Cossus windhoekensis Strand, 1913

Unknown status[]

  • Cossus florita Druce

References[]

  • Daniel, F., 1937: Zwei neue Cossidae aus Persien. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 27: 49-51. Full article: [1].
  • Daniel, F., 1940: Die Cossidae und Hepialidae der Ausbeuten Hone. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 30: 1004–1020. Full article: [2]
  • Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1–295. Full article: [3].
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: New data about Carpenter Moths of China (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3/4): 353–356.
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Mongolia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 3 (3): 217–224.
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2006, New Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, Tinea 19 (3): 188–213.
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2009: Systematic review of Goat Moth – Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Amurian Zoological Journal I (1): 57–71. Full article: [4].

External links[]

  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Subfamily: Cossinae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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