''Isocossus'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
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 nocturnal ...
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Species
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Isocossus cruciatus
''Isocossus cruciatus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1986 and is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of alluvial forests.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale grey ...
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(Holloway, 1986)
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Isocossus retak
''Isocossus retak'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of upper montane forests.
The wingspan is about 22 mm.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossinae
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(Holloway, 1986)
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Isocossus rufipecten
''Isocossus rufipecten'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Borneo and Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the ...
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(Holloway, 1986)
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Isocossus seria
''Isocossus seria'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of coastal areas.
The wingspan is 15 mm. The forewings are pale grey with blotchy brownish grey striae.
References
Natural History Museum ...
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(Holloway, 1986)
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Isocossus stroehli
''Isocossus stroehli'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Malaysia and on Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as th ...
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Yakovlev, 2006
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Isocossus telisai
''Isocossus telisai'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland heath forests.
The wingspan is about 17 mm.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossinae
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(Holloway, 1986)
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Isocossus vandeldeni
''Isocossus vandeldeni'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as wel ...
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Roepke, 1957
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Isocossus zolotuhini
''Isocossus zolotuhini'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in central Vietnam.
The length of the forewings is about 24 mm, with wingspan of about 52 mm.
Etymology
The species is named in honour of Russian lepidopterist Dr. ...
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Yakovlev, 2015
References
* 1990. A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 263: 1–295. Full article
* 2006. New Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia. ''Tinea'' 19 (3): 188–213. Full article
* 2015. A new species of ''Isocossus'' Roepke, 1957 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Vietnam, including a world catalogue of the genus. ''Zootaxa'' 3990 (1): 141–146. Preview
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossinae
Cossidae genera
Taxa named by Walter Karl Johann Roepke
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