''Kalimantanossus'' 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 ...

with two species from

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

. ''Kalimantanossus microgenitalis'', was found on

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and ''Kalimantanossus kongkeoi'' was recently described in

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

Xiangkhouang Province Xiangkhouang (Lao alphabet, Lao: wikt:ຊຽງຂວາງ, ຊຽງຂວາງ, meaning 'Horizontal City') is a province of Laos on the Xiangkhoang Plateau, in the nation's northeast. The province has the distinction of being the most heavi ...

by Roman Yakovlev.

Species

The genus includes 2 species: *'' Kalimantanossus microgenitalis'' Yakovlev, 2004 *'' Kalimantanossus kongkeoi'' Yakovlev, 2023

References

* , , , , 2023: New species of Kalimantanossus Yakovlev, 2011 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae: Cossinae) from Laos with the genus catalogue. ''Ecologica Montenegrina'' 69: 154-159. Full text

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