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Xyleutes
Sign in to saveXyleutes is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae and typical of the tribe Xyleutini.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Cossidae
- Collections
- USNM, MHNCA, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, QM, QVMAG, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Puerto Rico, Mexico, Indonesia, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Zeuzerinae
- Image
- Xyleutes strix (Cossidae).jpg
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- taxon name
- Xyleutes
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Xyleutes
- Commons category
- Xyleutes
- has host
- clove
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Xyleutes is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae and typical of the tribe Xyleutini.
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.
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