| Geraldocossus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Geraldocossus Yakovlev & Sáfián, 2016 [1] |
| Species: | G. durrelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Geraldocossus durrelli Yakovlev & Sáfián, 2016 [1] | |
Geraldocossus is a monotypic genus of moths in the Politzariellinae subfamily of the carpenter miller moths. [1] Its sole species, Geraldocossus durrelli, is found in Cameroon. [2] It is solely known from two male specimens. [2]
Geraldocossus durrelli is of medium size, with a forewing length of 15 mm. Its short and wide forewings are darkly coloured with a faint pattern and have rounded apices and mottled black and brown fringes. The hindwings are an unpatterned dark grey with a uniformly grey fringe. The underside of the forewings is black, that of the hindwings is grey; both hold no patterns. The thorax and abdomen are covered with dark scales, brown in case of the thorax and black on the abdomen. Antennae are simple. [2]
G. durrelli can be distinguished from other species in the Politzariellinae subfamily based on male genitalia, from which it differs by the presence of needle-like spines at the apices of the gnathos branches and by the complicated juxta-structure which includes three pairs of lateral processes. [2]
G. durrelli is known solely from Mount Cameroon, where both known specimens were collected on the south-western slope at an altitude of 1100 m above sea level, in the submontane zone. [2]
Both the generic and specific name are in honour of Gerald Durrell. [2]
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