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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.
Phragmataecia itremo is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found on Madagascar.
Hirtocossus crucis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Planctogystia parvulus is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Zeuzeropecten castaneus is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Zeuzeropecten occultoides is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Zeuzeropecten combustus is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Hirtocossus cirrilator is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Planctogystia gaedei is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in northern Madagascar. The name of this species is a replacement name for a species described in 1930 by Max Gaede, Cossus fuscibasis.
Planctogystia crassilineatus is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Planctogystia fulvosparsus is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Planctogystia pavidus is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Zeuzeropecten altitudinis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found on Madagascar.
Zeuzeropecten grandis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found on Madagascar.
Zeuzeropecten lactescens is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found on Madagascar.
Zeuzeropecten lecerfi is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found on Madagascar.
Saalmulleria stumpffi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Strigocossus ambahona is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Strigocossus cretacea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.
References
- Yakovlev, R. V. 2009. New taxa of African and Asian Cossidae (Lepidoptera) - Euroasian Entomological Journal 8(3):353–361, plate 4.