''Cossus'' 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 ...
described by
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...
in 1793.
Species
* ''
Cossus afghanistana''
Daniel, 1953
* ''
Cossus bohatschi''
Püngeler, 1898
* ''
Cossus cossus
''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 crassicorn ...
''
Linnaeus, 1758
* ''
Cossus crassicornis''
Fabricius, 1775
* ''
Cossus dentilinea''
Druce, 1911
* ''
Cossus hoenei''
Yakovlev, 2006
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Cossus horrifer''
Schaus, 1892
* ''
Cossus inconspicuus''
Druce, 1910
* ''
Cossus kerzhneri''
Yakovlev, 2011
* ''
Cossus nina''
Schaus, 1911
* ''
Cossus orientalis''
Gaede, 1929
* ''
Cossus shmakovi''
Yakovlev, 2004
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Cossus siniaevi''
Yakovlev, 2004
* ''
Cossus subocellatus''
Walker, 1856
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Cossus tibetanus''
Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990
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Cossus ziliante
''Cossus ziliante'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a dev ...
''
Stoll, 1782
Former species
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Cossus abyssinicus''
Hampson, 1910
* ''
Cossus acronyctoides''
Moore, 1879
* ''
Cossus aegyptiacus''
Hampson, 1910
* ''
Cossus airani''
Daniel, 1937
* ''
Cossus aksuensis''
Daniel, 1953
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Cossus araraticus''
Teich, 1896
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Cossus aries
''Wiltshirocossus aries'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Spain, on the Canary Islands, as well as in Mauritania, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia and Egyp ...
''
Püngeler, 1902
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Cossus badiala''
D. S. Fletcher, 1968
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Cossus balcanicus''
Lederer, 1863
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Cossus bianchii''
Krüger, 1934
* ''
Cossus bongiovannii''
Krüger, 1939
* ''
Cossus breviculus''
Mabille, 1880
* ''
Cossus brunneofasciatus''
Gaede, 1929
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Cossus cadambae
''Dervishiya cadambae'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in India. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
The larvae feed on ''Ficus'' species, ''Nauclea cadamba'' and ''Tectonia grandis''.
References
* , 2006, New ''Cossidae'' (Lepidoptera) ...
''
Moore, 1865
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Cossus cashmirensis''
Moore, 1879
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Cossus celebensis''
Roepke, 1957
* ''
Cossus centerensis''
Lintner, 1877
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Cossus centrimaculatus''
Röber, 1925
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Cossus cheesmani''
Tams, 1925
* ''
Cossus chloratus''
Swinhoe, 1892
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Cossus cinereus''
Roepke, 1957
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Cossus cirrilator''
Le Cerf, 1919
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Cossus colossus''
Staudinger, 1887
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Cossus crassilineatus''
Gaede, 1929
* ''
Cossus crucis''
Kenrick, 1914
* ''
Cossus divisus''
Rothschild, 1912
* ''
Cossus eutelia''
Clench, 1959
* ''
Cossus fanti''
Hampson, 1910
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Cossus frater''
Warnecke, 1929
* ''
Cossus fulvosparsa''
Butler, 1882
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Cossus funkei''
Röber, 1896
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Cossus fuscibasis''
Hampson, 1895
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Cossus gaerdesi''
Daniel, 1956
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Cossus giganteus''
Schwingenschuss, 1938
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Cossus greeni
''Chinocossus greeni'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by G.S. Arora in 1976. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island ...
''
Arora, 1976
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Cossus hunanensis''
Daniel, 1940
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Cossus hycranus''
Christoph, 1888
* ''
Cossus incandescens''
Butler, 1875
* ''
Cossus javanus''
Roepke, 1957
* ''
Cossus kinabaluensis''
Gaede, 1933
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Cossus kwouus''
Karsch, 1898
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Cossus lepta
''Degia imparata'' is a moth in the Psychidae family. It is found in China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and Sumatra
Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island tha ...
''
West, 1932
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Cossus likiangi''
Daniel, 1940
* ''
Cossus mauretanicus''
D. Lucas, 1907
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Cossus modestus''
Staudinger, 1887
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Cossus mokshanensis
''Wittocossus mokanshanensis'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1945. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Yunnan, Hubei, Sichuan), Thailand and Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietn ...
''
Daniel, 1949
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Cossus mongolicus''
Erschoff, 1882
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Cossus mucidus''
Edwards, 1882
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Cossus nigeriae''
Bethune-Baker, 1915
* ''
Cossus nigromaculatus''
Hampson, 1892
* ''
Cossus osthelderi''
Daniel, 1933
* ''
Cossus parvipunctatus''
Hampson, 1892
* ''
Cossus parvulus''
Kenrick, 1914
* ''
Cossus pavidus''
Butler, 1882
* ''
Cossus perplexus''
Neumoegen, 1893
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Cossus polygraphus''
Lower, 1893
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Cossus populi''
Walker, 1865
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Cossus pusillus''
Roepke, 1957
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Cossus rectangulatus
''Brachylia rectangulata'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Wichgraf in 1921. It is found in Malawi and Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great ...
''
Wichgraf, 1921
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Cossus reussi''
Strand, 1913
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Cossus rufidorsia''
Hampson, 1905
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Cossus saharae''
D. Lucas, 1907
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Cossus sakalava''
Viette, 1958
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Cossus sareptensis
''Deserticossus sareptensis'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the south-eastern part of European Russia.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...
''
Rothschild, 1912
* ''
Cossus semicurvatus''
Gaede, 1929
* ''
Cossus seineri''
Grünberg
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Cossus senex''
Butler, 1882
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Cossus sidamo''
Rougeot, 1977
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Cossus stertzi''
Püngeler, 1900
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Cossus stigmaticus''
Moore, 1879
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Cossus striolatus''
Rothschild, 1912
* ''
Cossus subfuscus''
Snellen, 1895
* ''
Cossus tahamae''
Wiltshire, 1949
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Cossus tahlai''
Dumont, 1932
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Cossus tapinus''
Püngeler, 1898
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Cossus terebroides''
Felder, 1874
* ''
Cossus toluminus''
Druce, 1887
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Cossus turati
''Wiltshirocossus aries'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Spain, on the Canary Islands, as well as in Mauritania, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia and Egyp ...
''
Krüger, 1934
* ''
Cossus unguiculatus''
Fabricius, 1793
* ''
Cossus verbeeki''
Roepke, 1957
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Cossus vinctus''
Walker, 1865
* ''
Cossus windhoekensis''
Strand, 1913
Unknown status
* ''Cossus florita''
Druce
References
* , 1937: Zwei neue Cossidae aus Persien. ''Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft'' 27: 49-51. Full article
* , 1940: Die Cossidae und Hepialidae der Ausbeuten Hone. ''Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft'' 30: 1004–1020. Full article
* , 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 263: 1–295. Full article
* , 2004: New data about Carpenter Moths of China (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). ''Atalanta'' 35 (3/4): 353–356.
* , 2004: Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Mongolia. ''Euroasian Entomological Journal'' 3 (3): 217–224.
* , 2006, New ''Cossidae'' (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, ''Tinea'' 19 (3): 188–213.
* , 2009: Systematic review of Goat Moth – ''Cossus cossus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). ''Amurian Zoological Journal'' I (1): 57–71. Full article
External links
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Cossus,
Cossidae genera
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