| Oreocossus ungemachi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Oreocossus |
| Species: | O. ungemachi |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreocossus ungemachi Rougeot, 1977 | |
Oreocossus ungemachi is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Ethiopia. [1] [2] The species is named after Henri Ungemach.
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.
Phragmataecia castaneae, the reed leopard or giant borer, is a moth of the family Cossidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1790. It is found in central and southern Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, north-western Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, India, Lebanon, Turkey, western China, south-western Siberia, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco.
Zeuzera is an Old World genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Tarucus ungemachi, the Ungemach's Pierrot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, northern Uganda and northwestern Kenya. The habitat consists of savanna, including Sudan savanna and Guinea savanna.
Dyspessa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
Arctia ungemachi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Ferdinand Le Cerf in 1924 and is named after Henri Ungemach. It is found in Morocco.
Oreocossus occidentalis is a moth in the family of Cossidae.
Catopta is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
The Zeuzerinae are a subfamily of the family Cossidae.
Mirocossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae, described by J.W. Schoorl in 1990.
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.
Lakshmia is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae endemic to southeast Asia.
Oreocossus kilimanjarensis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Oreocossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
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.
Panau is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Oreocossus grzimeki is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Kenya.
Oreocossus gurkoi is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in South Sudan.
Henri Léon Ungemach was an Alsatian mineralogist who made a collection of minerals, nearly 3000 of which are now held at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He described minerals using their crystal geometry. Several minerals including Ungemachite and Clino-Ungemachite are named after him. He also collected insects, molluscs and plants during his travels.
