''Acossus'' 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 belonging to 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
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Acossus centerensis''
(Lintner, 1877) – poplar carpenterworm moth
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Acossus populi''
(Walker, 1856) – aspen carpenterworm moth
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Acossus terebra''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Acossus undosus''
(Lintner, 1878)
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Acossus viktor''
(Yakovlev, 2004)
References
Cossinae
Cossidae genera
{{Cossinae-stub