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The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are nocturnal Lepidoptera found worldwide, except the Southeast Asian subfamily Ratardinae, which is mostly active during the day.
Andesiana is a genus representing its own family Andesianidae and superfamily Andesianoidea, the "Andean endemic moths". It contains three species with a wingspan up to 5.4 cm. in female A. similis and 3.5 cm. in males. This far surpasses in size any previously known monotrysian moth. These large Microlepidoptera are restricted to Andean South America, from where they were described originally in 1989 in the family Cossidae by their discoverer Patricia Gentili.
Catopta is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Culama is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Semagystia is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Alcterogystia l-nigra is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
The Zeuzerinae are a subfamily of the family Cossidae.
Endoxyla is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Afroarabiella is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Arctiocossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Brachylia is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Isocossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Hermophyllon anceps is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus Hermophyllon. It is found in Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia and the Philippines.
Lakshmia is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae endemic to southeast Asia.
Paralophonotus auroguttata is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus Paralophonotus. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.
Relluna nurella is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus Relluna. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, as well as on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Palawan.
Skeletophyllon is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Tarsozeuzera is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Trismelasmos is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Panau is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
References
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