''Cossus'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

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 nocturnal ...

described by

Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoology, zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, an ...

in 1793.

Species

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Cossus afghanistana ''Cossus afghanistana'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the cr ...

'' Daniel, 1953 * '' Cossus bohatschi'' Püngeler, 1898 * ''

Cossus cossus ''Cossus cossus'', the goat moth, is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Northern Africa, Asia and Europe. Biology This is a large heavy moth with a wingspan of 68–96 mm. The wings are greyish brown and marked with fine dark ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Cossus crassicornis'' Fabricius, 1775 * ''

Cossus dentilinea ''Cossus dentilinea'' is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1911. It is found in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in Nor ...

'' Druce, 1911 * '' Cossus hoenei'' Yakovlev, 2006 * ''

Cossus horrifer ''Cossus horrifer'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with ...

'' Schaus, 1892 * ''

Cossus inconspicuus ''Cossus inconspicuus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Herbert Druce Herbert Druce, FLS (14 July 1846, in London – 11 April 1913, in London) was an English entomologist. His collections were acquired by Frederick Du ...

'' Druce, 1910 * '' Cossus kerzhneri'' Yakovlev, 2011 * ''

Cossus nina ''Cossus nina'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Costa Rica. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossus Moths described in 1911 Moths of Central America {{Cossinae-stub ...

'' Schaus, 1911 * ''

Cossus orientalis ''Cossus orientalis'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in North Korea and China (Jilin), Russia and Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the n ...

'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Cossus shmakovi'' Yakovlev, 2004 * ''

Cossus siniaevi ''Cossus siniaevi'' is a moth 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 spe ...

'' Yakovlev, 2004 * ''

Cossus subocellatus ''Cossus subocellatus'' is a moth 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 ...

'' Walker, 1856 * ''

Cossus tibetanus ''Cossus tibetanus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Hua, Chou, Fang and Chen in 1990. It is found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's mos ...

'' Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990 * ''

Cossus ziliante ''Cossus ziliante'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern ...

'' Stoll, 1782

Former species

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Cossus abyssinicus ''Camellocossus abyssinica'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar'' ...

'' Hampson, 1910 * ''

Cossus acronyctoides ''Chinocossus acronyctoides'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the K ...

'' Moore, 1879 * ''

Cossus aegyptiacus ''Wiltshirocossus aries'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Spain, on the Canary Islands, as well as in Mauritania, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Algeria, Tunis ...

'' Hampson, 1910 * ''

Cossus airani ''Cossulus irani'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Iran., 2006, ''Eversmannia'' 7-8: 3-24/ref> References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Cossinae Moths described in 1937 Moths of Asia {{ ...

'' Daniel, 1937 * ''

Cossus aksuensis ''Deserticossus consobrinus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Püngeler in 1898. It is found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most pop ...

'' Daniel, 1953 * ''

Cossus araraticus ''Cossus cossus'', the goat moth, is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Northern Africa, Asia and Europe. Biology This is a large heavy moth with a wingspan of 68–96 mm. The wings are greyish brown and marked with fine dark ...

'' Teich, 1896 * ''

Cossus aries ''Wiltshirocossus aries'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Spain, on the Canary Islands, as well as in Mauritania, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Algeria, Tunis ...

'' Püngeler, 1902 * ''

Cossus badiala ''Mirocossus badiala'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1968. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. References * Cossinae {{Cossinae-stub ...

'' D. S. Fletcher, 1968 * ''

Cossus balcanicus ''Cossus cossus'', the goat moth, is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Northern Africa, Asia and Europe. Biology This is a large heavy moth with a wingspan of 68–96 mm. The wings are greyish brown and marked with fine dark cr ...

'' Lederer, 1863 * ''

Cossus bianchii ''Eremocossus vaulogeri'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Egypt, Oman, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and sout ...

'' Krüger, 1934 * '' Cossus bongiovannii'' Krüger, 1939 * '' Cossus breviculus'' Mabille, 1880 * '' Cossus brunneofasciatus'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Cossus cadambae'' Moore, 1865 * '' Cossus cashmirensis'' Moore, 1879 * '' Cossus celebensis'' Roepke, 1957 * '' Cossus centerensis'' Lintner, 1877 * '' Cossus centrimaculatus'' Röber, 1925 * '' Cossus cheesmani'' Tams, 1925 * '' Cossus chloratus'' Swinhoe, 1892 * ''

Cossus cinereus ''Zeuzerocossus cinereus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus ''Zeuzerocossus''. It is found on Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is ...

'' Roepke, 1957 * '' Cossus cirrilator'' Le Cerf, 1919 * ''

Cossus colossus ''Gobibatyr colossus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north ...

'' Staudinger, 1887 * '' Cossus crassilineatus'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Cossus crucis'' Kenrick, 1914 * '' Cossus divisus'' Rothschild, 1912 * '' Cossus eutelia'' Clench, 1959 * '' Cossus fanti'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Cossus frater'' Warnecke, 1929 * ''

Cossus fulvosparsa ''Planctogystia fulvosparsus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Cossinae Moths described in 1882 {{Cossinae-stub ...

'' Butler, 1882 * ''

Cossus funkei ''Dyspessacossus funkei'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in the Taurus Mountains in Turkey, as well as in Lebanon, Syria and Iran., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. ''Neue Entomologische Nachrichten'', 66: ...

'' Röber, 1896 * '' Cossus fuscibasis'' Hampson, 1895 * '' Cossus gaerdesi'' Daniel, 1956 * '' Cossus giganteus'' Schwingenschuss, 1938 * ''

Cossus greeni ''Chinocossus greeni'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by G.S. Arora in 1976. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ila ...

'' Arora, 1976 * '' Cossus hunanensis'' Daniel, 1940 * ''

Cossus hycranus ''Catopta hyrcanus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Iran, Turkmenistan and Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a count ...

'' Christoph, 1888 * '' Cossus incandescens'' Butler, 1875 * ''

Cossus javanus ''Roepkiella javana'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to th ...

'' Roepke, 1957 * '' Cossus kinabaluensis'' Gaede, 1933 * ''

Cossus kwouus ''Brachylia kwouus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Tanzania. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Cossinae Moths described in 1898 Moths of Africa {{Cossinae-stub ...

'' Karsch, 1898 * ''

Cossus lepta ''Degia imparata'' is a moth in the Psychidae family. It is found in China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest islan ...

'' West, 1932 * '' Cossus likiangi'' Daniel, 1940 * '' Cossus mauretanicus'' D. Lucas, 1907 * '' Cossus modestus'' Staudinger, 1887 * '' Cossus mokshanensis'' Daniel, 1949 * '' Cossus mongolicus'' Erschoff, 1882 * '' Cossus mucidus'' Edwards, 1882 * '' Cossus nigeriae'' Bethune-Baker, 1915 * '' Cossus nigromaculatus'' Hampson, 1892 * '' Cossus osthelderi'' Daniel, 1933 * '' Cossus parvipunctatus'' Hampson, 1892 * '' Cossus parvulus'' Kenrick, 1914 * ''

Cossus pavidus ''Planctogystia pavidus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagasca ...

'' Butler, 1882 * '' Cossus perplexus'' Neumoegen, 1893 * '' Cossus polygraphus'' Lower, 1893 * ''

Cossus populi ''Acossus populi'', the aspen carpenterworm, is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the United States in Nevada, Colorado, California and in the northern Rocky Mountains. In Canada it is found in Ontario and British Columbia. The wings ...

'' Walker, 1865 * '' Cossus pusillus'' Roepke, 1957 * ''

Cossus rectangulatus ''Brachylia rectangulata'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Wichgraf in 1921. It is found in Malawi and Tanzania. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Cossinae Moths described in 1921 ...

'' Wichgraf, 1921 * ''

Cossus reussi ''Brachylia reussi'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Strand in 1913. It is found in Malawi and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country ...

'' Strand, 1913 * '' Cossus rufidorsia'' Hampson, 1905 * ''

Cossus saharae ''Eremocossus vaulogeri'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Egypt, Oman, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and sout ...

'' D. Lucas, 1907 * '' Cossus sakalava'' Viette, 1958 * ''

Cossus sareptensis ''Deserticossus sareptensis'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the south-eastern part of European Russia European Russia (russian: Европейская Россия, russian: европейская часть � ...

'' Rothschild, 1912 * '' Cossus semicurvatus'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Cossus seineri'' Grünberg * ''

Cossus senex ''Planctogystia senex'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Cossinae Moths described in 1882 {{Cossinae-stub ...

'' Butler, 1882 * ''

Cossus sidamo ''Macrocossus sidamo'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is ...

'' Rougeot, 1977 * '' Cossus stertzi'' Püngeler, 1900 * '' Cossus stigmaticus'' Moore, 1879 * '' Cossus striolatus'' Rothschild, 1912 * '' Cossus subfuscus'' Snellen, 1895 * '' Cossus tahamae'' Wiltshire, 1949 * '' Cossus tahlai'' Dumont, 1932 * '' Cossus tapinus'' Püngeler, 1898 * '' Cossus terebroides'' Felder, 1874 * '' Cossus toluminus'' Druce, 1887 * '' Cossus turati'' Krüger, 1934 * '' Cossus unguiculatus'' Fabricius, 1793 * '' Cossus verbeeki'' Roepke, 1957 * ''

Cossus vinctus ''Gymnelema vinctus'' is a moth in the family Psychidae. It is found in South Africa. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Endemic moths of South Africa Psychidae Moths described in 1865 {{Tineoidea- ...

'' Walker, 1865 * '' Cossus windhoekensis'' Strand, 1913

Unknown status

* ''Cossus florita'' Druce

References

* , 1937: Zwei neue Cossidae aus Persien. ''Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft'' 27: 49-51. Full article

* , 1940: Die Cossidae und Hepialidae der Ausbeuten Hone. ''Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft'' 30: 1004–1020. Full article

* , 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 263: 1–295. Full article

* , 2004: New data about Carpenter Moths of China (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). ''Atalanta'' 35 (3/4): 353–356. * , 2004: Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Mongolia. ''Euroasian Entomological Journal'' 3 (3): 217–224. * , 2006, New ''Cossidae'' (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, ''Tinea'' 19 (3): 188–213. * , 2009: Systematic review of Goat Moth – ''Cossus cossus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). ''Amurian Zoological Journal'' I (1): 57–71. Full article

External links

* Cossus, Cossidae genera {{Cossinae-stub