''Paracossus hainanicus'' is a

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 ...

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 ...

. It was described by Yakovlev in 2009. It is found in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

(Hainan)., 2009: New taxa of African and Asian Cossidae (Lepidoptera). ''Euroasian Entomological Journal'' 8 (3): 353-361. Full article

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossinae Moths described in 2009 {{Cossinae-stub