''Pygmeocossus'' 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
* ''
Pygmeocossus simao
''Pygmeocossus'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Species
* ''Pygmeocossus simao'' Yakovlev, 2009
* ''Pygmeocossus tonga'' Yakovlev, 2005
References
* , 2005: ''Cossidae'' (Lepidoptera) of Andaman Islands (India). ''Tinea'' 18 (4): ...
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Yakovlev, 2009
* ''
Pygmeocossus tonga''
Yakovlev, 2005
References
* , 2005: ''Cossidae'' (Lepidoptera) of Andaman Islands (India). ''Tinea'' 18 (4): 257-260.
* , 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