Xyleutes

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Xyleutes
Xyleutes strix (Cossidae).jpg
Xyleutes strix
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Zeuzerinae
Genus: Xyleutes
Hübner, [1820]
Type species
Phalaena strix
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • HinnaeyaMoore, 1883
  • Melanostrigus Houlbert, 1916
  • StrigomorphusHoulbert, 1916
  • Strigoides Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • HyleutesGaede, 1915
  • KyleutesClench, 1959

Xyleutes [1] is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae and typical of the tribe Xyleutini.

Contents

Many species of Xyleutes are considered as crop or forestry pests. They are stem borers boring the branches and trunks of coffee, teak, eucalyptus, acacia and other forest trees.

Species

A current list for Xyleutes may include: [2] [3] [4] [5]

  1. Xyleutes altitudinis Viette, 1958
  2. Xyleutes angasii Felder, 1874
  3. Xyleutes armstrongi Hampson, 1914
  4. Xyleutes atrosparsellus Walker, 1863
  5. Xyleutes auroguttata Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  6. Xyleutes benestriata (Hampson, 1904) (Bahamas)
  7. Xyleutes bimaculata Box, 1931
  8. Xyleutes bipustulata Walker, 1865
  9. Xyleutes borneana Roepke, 1957
  10. Xyleutes boschae Heylaerts, 1892
  11. Xyleutes castaneus Kenrick, 1913
  12. Xyleutes castrellus Schaus, 1922
  13. Xyleutes casuarinae Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  14. Xyleutes celebensis Roepke, 1957
  15. Xyleutes celebesa Walker, 1865
  16. Xyleutes columbina Lucas, 1898
  17. Xyleutes columellaris Lucas, 1898
  18. Xyleutes combustus Kenrick, 1913
  19. Xyleutes cretacea Butler, 1878
  20. Xyleutes cretosa Lucas, 1898
  21. Xyleutes decorata Swinhoe, 1892
  22. Xyleutes desdemona Dyar & Schaus, 1937 (Brasil)
  23. Xyleutes dorsipunctellus Schaus, 1922
  24. Xyleutes duponchelli Newman, 1856
  25. Xyleutes endothermalis Hampson, 1919
  26. Xyleutes eucalypti Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  27. Xyleutes fusca Swinhoe, 1892
  28. Xyleutes fuscipars Hampson, 1892
  29. Xyleutes heinrichi Box, 1931
  30. Xyleutes incanellus Hampson, 1895
  31. Xyleutes inclusa Walker, 1856
  32. Xyleutes insulana Lucas, 1898
  33. Xyleutes interlucens Lucas, 1898
  34. Xyleutes jamaicensis Schaus, 1901
  35. Xyleutes keyensis Strand, 1919 (Maluku islands)
  36. Xyleutes lanceolatus Zeller, 1881
  37. Xyleutes lecerfi Viette, 1958
  38. Xyleutes leucolophus Guérin-Meneville, 1829
  39. Xyleutes lillianae Lindsey, 1926
  40. Xyleutes liturata Donovan, 1805
  41. Xyleutes minutiscripta Lucas, 1898
  42. Xyleutes murina Herrich-Schäffer, 1858
  43. Xyleutes nebulosa Donovan, 1805
  44. Xyleutes nigra Moore, 1877
  45. Xyleutes nigristigmellus Hampson, 1895
  46. Xyleutes occultoides Kenrick, 1913
  47. Xyleutes opposita Walker, 1865
  48. Xyleutes paleacea Herrich-Schäffer, 1858
  49. Xyleutes pardalis Dudgeon, 1899
  50. Xyleutes persona (Le Guillou, 1841) (India, Sri Lanka, South-east Asia to the Solomons, Australia)
  51. Xyleutes peruanellus Schaus, 1922
  52. Xyleutes pindarus Fawcett, 1916
  53. Xyleutes poam (Dyar, 1918) (Mexico)
  54. Xyleutes punctifera Hampson, 1898
  55. Xyleutes punctifimbria Walker, 1865
  56. Xyleutes pustulata Herrich-Schäffer, 1858
  57. Xyleutes ramamurthyi Yakovlev & Sankararaman, 2021
  58. Xyleutes secta Lucas, 1898
  59. Xyleutes simillima Hampson, 1916
  60. Xyleutes spectabilis Felder, 1875
  61. Xyleutes squamata Hampson, 1919
  62. Xyleutes squameus Distant, 1902
  63. Xyleutes steniptera Hampson, 1916
  64. Xyleutes striata (Druce, 1901) (Colombia)
  65. Xyleutes strix (Linnaeus, 1758) (from India, South-east Asia including the Philippines to New Guinea)
  66. Xyleutes tectorius Swinhoe, 1901
  67. Xyleutes tempestua Lucas, 1898
  68. Xyleutes tenebrifera Walker, 1865
  69. Xyleutes terrafirma Schaus, 1911 (Costa Rica)
  70. Xyleutes tristis Gaede, 1915
  71. Xyleutes unilinea Dyar, 1925 (Mexico)
  72. Xyleutes vinasella Schaus, 1913
  73. Xyleutes xanthotherma Hampson, 1919 (Peru)
  74. Xyleutes xuna Dyar, 1937 (Mexico)
  75. Xyleutes zeuzeroides Walker, 1865

Species placed elsewhere

Previously this was a large genus, with more than 135 species included in some databases, [5] but many of these may now are placed in the genera:

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References

  1. ↑ Hübner (1820) Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 195.
  2. ↑ Clench, H.K., 1959: Notes on African Cossidae. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München, 6: 3-27. Full article: .
  3. ↑ Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Cossidae of Thailand. Part 1. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta35 (3-4): 335–351.
  4. ↑ Yakovlev, R.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. EntomofaunaSupplement 16: 11–32.
  5. 1 2 BioLib.cz: Xyleutes Hübner, 1820 (retrieved 1 February 2022)]
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