Psychidocossus

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Psychidocossus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Cossinae
Genus: Psychidocossus
D. S. Fletcher, 1982
Species:
P. infantilis
Binomial name
Psychidocossus infantilis
(Schaus, 1911)
Synonyms
  • PsychopsisDyar, 1940 (preocc. Newman, 1842)
  • Cossus infantilisSchaus, 1911
  • Psychopsis infantilis

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. [1]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psychidocossus infantilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 12, 2018.