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.
Prototheora is a genus of moths. It is the only genus of the Prototheoridae, or the African primitive ghost moths, a family of insects in the lepidopteran order, contained in the superfamily Hepialoidea. These moths are endemic to Southern Africa.
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.
Meharia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Phragmataecia innominata is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi.
Phragmataecia irrorata is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi.
Dyspessa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
Catopta is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Semagystia is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
The Zeuzerinae are a subfamily of the family Cossidae.
Afroarabiella is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Brachylia is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Macrocossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Mirocossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae, described by J.W. Schoorl in 1990.
Eulophonotus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
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.
Tarsozeuzera is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Panau is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Meharia murphyi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Malawi.
Strigocossus moderata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
