''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 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''
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
Former species
* ''
Cossus abyssinicus''
Hampson, 1910
* ''
Cossus acronyctoides''
Moore, 1879
* ''
Cossus aegyptiacus''
Hampson, 1910
* ''
Cossus airani''
Daniel, 1937
* ''
Cossus aksuensis''
Daniel, 1953
* ''
Cossus araraticus''
Teich, 1896
* ''
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
* ''
Cossus badiala''
D. S. Fletcher, 1968
* ''
Cossus balcanicus''
Lederer, 1863
* ''
Cossus bianchii''
Krüger, 1934
* ''
Cossus bongiovannii''
Krüger, 1939
* ''
Cossus breviculus''
Mabille, 1880
* ''
Cossus brunneofasciatus''
Gaede, 1929
* ''
Cossus cadambae''
Moore, 1865
* ''
Cossus cashmirensis''
Moore, 1879
* ''
Cossus celebensis''
Roepke, 1957
* ''
Cossus centerensis''
Lintner, 1877
* ''
Cossus centrimaculatus''
Röber, 1925
* ''
Cossus cheesmani''
Tams, 1925
* ''
Cossus chloratus''
Swinhoe, 1892
* ''
Cossus cinereus''
Roepke, 1957
* ''
Cossus cirrilator''
Le Cerf, 1919
* ''
Cossus colossus''
Staudinger, 1887
* ''
Cossus crassilineatus''
Gaede, 1929
* ''
Cossus crucis''
Kenrick, 1914
* ''
Cossus divisus''
Rothschild, 1912
* ''
Cossus eutelia''
Clench, 1959
* ''
Cossus fanti''
Hampson, 1910
* ''
Cossus frater''
Warnecke, 1929
* ''
Cossus fulvosparsa''
Butler, 1882
* ''
Cossus funkei''
Röber, 1896
* ''
Cossus fuscibasis''
Hampson, 1895
* ''
Cossus gaerdesi''
Daniel, 1956
* ''
Cossus giganteus''
Schwingenschuss, 1938
* ''
Cossus greeni''
Arora, 1976
* ''
Cossus hunanensis''
Daniel, 1940
* ''
Cossus hycranus''
Christoph, 1888
* ''
Cossus incandescens''
Butler, 1875
* ''
Cossus javanus''
Roepke, 1957
* ''
Cossus kinabaluensis''
Gaede, 1933
* ''
Cossus kwouus''
Karsch, 1898
* ''
Cossus lepta''
West, 1932
* ''
Cossus likiangi''
Daniel, 1940
* ''
Cossus mauretanicus''
D. Lucas, 1907
* ''
Cossus modestus''
Staudinger, 1887
* ''
Cossus mokshanensis''
Daniel, 1949
* ''
Cossus mongolicus''
Erschoff, 1882
* ''
Cossus mucidus''
Edwards, 1882
* ''
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
* ''
Cossus polygraphus''
Lower, 1893
* ''
Cossus populi''
Walker, 1865
* ''
Cossus pusillus''
Roepke, 1957
* ''
Cossus rectangulatus''
Wichgraf, 1921
* ''
Cossus reussi''
Strand, 1913
* ''
Cossus rufidorsia''
Hampson, 1905
* ''
Cossus saharae''
D. Lucas, 1907
* ''
Cossus sakalava''
Viette, 1958
* ''
Cossus sareptensis''
Rothschild, 1912
* ''
Cossus semicurvatus''
Gaede, 1929
* ''
Cossus seineri''
Grünberg
* ''
Cossus senex''
Butler, 1882
* ''
Cossus sidamo''
Rougeot, 1977
* ''
Cossus stertzi''
Püngeler, 1900
* ''
Cossus stigmaticus''
Moore, 1879
* ''
Cossus striolatus''
Rothschild, 1912
* ''
Cossus subfuscus''
Snellen, 1895
* ''
Cossus tahamae''
Wiltshire, 1949
* ''
Cossus tahlai''
Dumont, 1932
* ''
Cossus tapinus''
Püngeler, 1898
* ''
Cossus terebroides''
Felder, 1874
* ''
Cossus toluminus''
Druce, 1887
* ''
Cossus turati''
Krüger, 1934
* ''
Cossus unguiculatus''
Fabricius, 1793
* ''
Cossus verbeeki''
Roepke, 1957
* ''
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
{{Cossinae-stub