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Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths.
Phragmataecia purpureus is a species of moth of the family Cossidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1927. It is found in Bihar, India.
Phragmataecia terebrifer is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher and is found in India.
Cossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.
Schreiteriana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described in 1937 and renamed in 1982 by David Stephen Fletcher. Its only species, Schreiteriana pectinicornis, was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1937 and is found in Argentina.
Mirocossus badiala is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1968. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths, and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Metarbelinae of the Cossidae. No synapomorphies are shared with the Cossidae based on adult morphology. The family Metarbelidae was first described by Embrik Strand in 1909.
The Zeuzerinae are a subfamily of the family Cossidae.
Metarbela is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by William Jacob Holland in 1893.
Salagena is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Francis Walker in 1865.
Mirocossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae, described by J.W. Schoorl in 1990.
Psychidocossus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1982. Its one species, Psychidocossus infantilis, described by William Schaus in 1911, is found in Costa Rica.
Brevicyttara is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by David Stephen Fletcher and I. W. B Nye in 1982. Its only species, Brevicyttara cyclospila, described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1945, is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.
Duomitus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. Its only species, Duomitus ceramicus, described by Francis Walker in 1865, is found in Yunnan in China and from southern India and Malaysia to Sumatra, Ceram and New Guinea.
Indarbela orima is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Peru and was first described by Herbert Druce in 1906.
Indarbela salara is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1900. It is found in Colombia.
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Strigocossus mediopallens is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1968. It is found in Ethiopia and Uganda.
Strigocossus ochricosta is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1968. It is found in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Brephomorpha Fletcher, 1982". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ↑ Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
