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Cossus

Yakovlev, Roman V.;Pljustch, Igor G.;Skrylnik, Yuriy;Pak, Oleg;Witt, Thomas J.

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Cossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

Species

Goat Moth

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyCossidae
Observations18,528

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
34
With media
16
Family
Cossidae
Collections
USNM, SAM, FMNH, UPS, BPBM
Recorded in
United States, South Africa, India, Guyana, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Russia

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Former species
  • Unknown status
  • References
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Cossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

==Species== Cossus afghanistana Daniel, 1953 Cossus bohatschi Püngeler, 1898 Cossus cossus Linnaeus, 1758 Cossus crassicornis Fabricius, 1775 Cossus dentilinea Druce, 1911 Cossus hoenei Yakovlev, 2006 Cossus horrifer Schaus, 1892 Cossus inconspicuus Druce, 1910 Cossus kerzhneri Yakovlev, 2011 Cossus nina Schaus, 1911 Cossus orientalis Gaede, 1929 Cossus shmakovi Yakovlev, 2004 Cossus siniaevi Yakovlev, 2004 Cossus subocellatus Walker, 1856 Cossus tibetanus Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990 Cossus ziliante Stoll, 1782

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