''Arctiocossus'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Cossidae
The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are Lepidopter ...
.
Species
* ''
Arctiocossus antargyreus''
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874
* ''
Arctiocossus castaneus''
(Gaede, 1929)
* ''
Arctiocossus danieli''
Clench, 1959
* ''
Arctiocossus gaerdesi''
(Daniel, 1956)
* ''
Arctiocossus impeditus''
(Walker, 1865)
* ''
Arctiocossus ligatus''
(Walker, 1865)
* ''
Arctiocossus poliopterus''
Clench, 1959
* ''
Arctiocossus punctifera''
Gaede, 1929
* ''
Arctiocossus strigulatus''
Gaede, 1929
* ''
Arctiocossus tessellatus
''Arctiocossus tessellatus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae described by Harry Kendon Clench in 1959. It is found in Namibia and South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernm ...
''
Clench, 1959
Former species
* ''
Arctiocossus aries''
Püngeler, 1902
References
* , 1959: Notes on African Cossidae. ''Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München'', 6: 3-27. Full article
* , 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 263: 1-295. Full article
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossinae
Cossidae genera
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