Strigocossus

Genus of moths

Strigocossus
Extract from Plate II. HEPIALUS CRASSUS (= Strigocossus crassa).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Zeuzerinae
Genus: Strigocossus
Houlbert, 1916[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Xylocossus Houlbert, 1916

Strigocossus is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae. The genus was described by Constant Vincent Houlbert in 1916.

Species

Some species of this genus are:[2]

  • Strigocossus ambahona (Viette, 1954)
  • Strigocossus crassa (Drury, 1782)
  • Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856)
  • Strigocossus cretacea (Butler, 1878)
  • Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013
  • Strigocossus guillemei (Houlbert, 1916)
  • Strigocossus hepialoides Yakovlev, 2011
  • Strigocossus kushit Yakovlev, 2011
  • Strigocossus mediopallens (D. S. Fletcher, 1968)
  • Strigocossus moderata (Walker, 1856)
  • Strigocossus ochricosta (D. S. Fletcher, 1968)
  • Strigocossus tandoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1927)

Former species

References

  1. ^ Houlbert, C. 1916. "Sur la distribution géographique des Xyleutes (Lép. Zeuzeridae) et description de sept espèces nouvelles". Etudes de Lépidoptérologie comparée 11bis:59–118.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Strigocossus Houlbert, 1916". Afromoths. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Strigocossus


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