''Planctogystia gaedei'' 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 ...

of 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 is found in northern

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. The name of this species is a replacement name for a species described in 1930 by

Max Gaede Max Gaede (29 November 1871 – 27 October 1946) was a German engineer and entomologist of international fame who described several hundred of new species of Lepidoptera, mainly African Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cu ...

, ''Cossus fuscibasis''.Schoorl, 1990. ''A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology''. Zoologische Verhandelingen. Vol.263 (1):1-295
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References

Cossinae Moths described in 1990 Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Cossinae-stub

See also

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