Roepkiella chloratus

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Roepkiella chloratus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Roepkiella
Species:
R. chloratus
Binomial name
Roepkiella chloratus
(C. Swinhoe, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Cossus chloratusC. Swinhoe, 1892
  • Paracossus chloratus
  • Cossus divisaRothschild, 1912

Roepkiella chloratus is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.

It is found in Sundaland and the Philippines. [1] Its habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

Its larvae burrows in the bark of the Parkia species. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Roepkiella chloratus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Cossus chloratus Swinhoe". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 22, 2020.