''Paracossus'' 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 ...
.
Species
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Paracossus furcatus''
Hampson, 1904
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Paracossus griseatus''
Yakovlev, 2009
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Paracossus hainanicus''
Yakovlev, 2009
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Paracossus indradit''
Yakovlev, 2009
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Paracossus longispinalis''
(I. Chou & B.Z. Hua, 1988)
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Paracossus parvus''
Hampson, 1905
* ''
Paracossus zyaung''
Yakovlev, 2014
Former species
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Paracossus acronyctoides
''Chinocossus acronyctoides'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Kashmir, India and Vietnam.
The larvae feed on ''Tamarix articulata
The genus ''Tamarix'' (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of f ...
''
(Moore, 1879)
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Paracossus amasonca''
Yakovlev, 2006
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Paracossus artushka''
Yakovlev, 2006
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Paracossus celebensis''
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Paracossus chloratus''
(Swinhoe, 1892)
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Paracossus cinereus''
(Roepke, 1957)
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Paracossus javanus''
* ''
Paracossus khmer''
Yakovlev, 2004
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Paracossus loeffleri''
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Paracossus microgenitalis''
Yakovlev, 2004
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Paracossus pinratanai
''Paracossus'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Species
* ''Paracossus furcatus'' Hampson, 1904
* ''Paracossus griseatus'' Yakovlev, 2009
* ''Paracossus hainanicus'' Yakovlev, 2009
* ''Paracossus indradit'' Yakovlev, 2009
* ''Paracos ...
''
Yakovlev, 2004
* ''
Paracossus pusillus''
(Roepke, 1957)
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Paracossus rama''
Yakovlev, 2006
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Paracossus retak''
(Holloway, 1986)
* ''
Paracossus rufidorsia''
(Hampson, 1905)
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Paracossus schoorli''
Yakovlev, 2004
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Paracossus seria''
(Holloway, 1986)
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Paracossus speideli''
(Holloway, 1986)
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Paracossus subfuscus''
* ''
Paracossus telisai''
(Holloway, 1986)
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Paracossus thaika''
Yakovlev, 2006
* ''
Paracossus xishuangbannaensis''
(Chou et Hua, 1986)
References
* , 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 263: 1-295. Full article
* , 2004: New taxa of ''Cossidae'' from SE Asia. ''Atalanta'' 35(3-4): 369-382.
* , 2004: Cossidae of Thailand. Part 2. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). ''Atalanta'' 35 (3-4): 383-389.
* , 2006, New ''Cossidae'' (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, ''Tinea'' 19 (3): 188-213.
* , 2009: New taxa of African and Asian Cossidae (Lepidoptera). ''Euroasian Entomological Journal'' 8 (3): 353-361. Full article
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossinae
Cossidae genera
{{Cossinae-stub