| Patoptoformis | |
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| Patoptoformis ganesha | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Subfamily: | Cossinae |
| Genus: | Patoptoformis Yakovlev, 2006 |
| Species | |
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Patoptoformis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae. [1] [2]
The genus consists of small dark colored moths with dark hair densely covering the body. The antennae are bipectinate. Forewing with a scarcely seen streaky pattern; hindwing dark without pattern; fringe evenly dark on both wings. Sexual dimorphism weakly expressed but female somewhat larger than male with wider wings and non-pectinate antennae. [2]
The genus is known from Nepal, Northeast India (Assam), Laos, and southwestern China (Sichuan). [1]
There are four recognized species: [1]
Meharia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Aethalopteryx is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Azygophleps is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Phragmataecia monika is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is known only from the Qinliangfeng mountain in Zhejiang province of eastern China.
Patoptoformis rimsaitae is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in China.
Patoptoformis hanuman is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in India (Assam).
Catopta is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Catopta albimacula is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1899. It is found in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and China.
Catopta albothoracis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Bao-Zheng Hua, Io Chou, De-Qi Fang and Shu-Liang Chen in 1990. It is found in Sichuan, China.
Catopta dusii is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev, Saldaitis, Kons and Borth in 2013. It is found in China (Sichuan), where it has been recorded at altitudes ranging from 1,150 to 3,000 meters. The habitat consists of mountainous areas.
Catopta grumi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by R.V. Yakovlev in 2009. It is found in China (Quinghai).
Catopta saldaitisi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2007. It is found in Gobi-Altai and the southern part of the Mongolian Altai Mountains.
Catopta perunovi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2007. It is found in the Altai Mountains, the Sayan Mountains, north-western Mongolia and central Yakutia.
Catopta tropicalis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev and Witt in 2009. It is found in northern Vietnam.
The Zeuzerinae are a subfamily of the family Cossidae.
Chiangmaiana is a genus of the family Cossidae.
Brachylia is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Holcocerus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Wittocossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
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.
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