''Cossula'' 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
* ''
Cossula albicosta''
Schaus, 1911
* ''
Cossula alboperlata''
Bryk, 1953
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Cossula ardosiata''
Dognin, 1916
* ''
Cossula arpi''
Schaus, 1901
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Cossula buspina''
Davis, Gentili-Poole & Mitter, 2008
* ''
Cossula coerulescens''
Schaus, 1911
* ''
Cossula cossuloides''
(Schaus, 1911)
* ''
Cossula duplex''
Dyar, 1937
* ''
Cossula duplexata
''Cossula duplexata'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Pa ...
''
Davis, Gentili-Poole & Mitter, 2008
* ''
Cossula gaudeator''
(Schaus, 1911)
* ''
Cossula longirostrum''
Davis, Gentili-Poole & Mitter, 2008
* ''
Cossula magna''
Schaus, 1905
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Cossula magnifica''
Strecker, 1876
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Cossula minutiloba''
Davis, Gentili-Poole & Mitter, 2008
* ''
Cossula oletta''
Dyar, 1937
* ''
Cossula omaia''
Schaus
* ''
Cossula poecilosema''
Clench, 1961
* ''
Cossula stoica''
Dognin, 1922
* ''
Cossula tapajoza''
Dyar, 1937
* ''
Cossula wellingi''
Clench, 1961
Former species
* ''
Cossula bistellata''
Dognin, 1910
* ''
Cossula eberti''
Clench, 1961
* ''
Cossula interrogationis''
Dyar, 1937
* ''
Cossula morgani''
Clench, 1957
* ''
Cossula nigripuncta''
Dognin, 1916
* ''
Cossula notodontoides''
Schaus, 1892
* ''
Cossula praeclara''
Schaus, 1892
References
* , 2008, ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 154: 222-277.
* , 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
Cossulinae
Cossidae genera
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