''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 w ...

s in the family

Cossidae The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family (biology), family of mostly large Miller (moth), miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. ...

described by

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

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 cr ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Cossus crassicornis'' Fabricius, 1775 * '' Cossus dentilinea'' Druce, 1911 * '' Cossus hoenei'' Yakovlev, 2006 * '' Cossus horrifer'' 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'' Schaus, 1911 * ''

Cossus orientalis ''Cossus orientalis'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in North Korea and China (Jilin), Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the ...

'' 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 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 sp ...

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

Cossus ziliante ''Cossus ziliante'' 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 sp ...

'' Stoll, 1782

Former species

* '' Cossus abyssinicus'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Cossus acronyctoides'' 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, Tunisia and Eg ...

'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Cossus airani'' Daniel, 1937 * '' Cossus aksuensis'' 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 cr ...

'' 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, Tunisia and Eg ...

'' Püngeler, 1902 * '' Cossus badiala'' 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'' 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'' Roepke, 1957 * '' Cossus cirrilator'' Le Cerf, 1919 * '' Cossus colossus'' 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'' Butler, 1882 * '' Cossus funkei'' Röber, 1896 * '' Cossus fuscibasis'' Hampson, 1895 * '' Cossus gaerdesi'' Daniel, 1956 * '' Cossus giganteus'' Schwingenschuss, 1938 * '' Cossus greeni'' Arora, 1976 * '' Cossus hunanensis'' Daniel, 1940 * '' Cossus hycranus'' Christoph, 1888 * '' Cossus incandescens'' Butler, 1875 * '' Cossus javanus'' Roepke, 1957 * '' Cossus kinabaluensis'' Gaede, 1933 * '' Cossus kwouus'' Karsch, 1898 * '' Cossus lepta'' 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'' Butler, 1882 * '' Cossus perplexus'' Neumoegen, 1893 * '' Cossus polygraphus'' Lower, 1893 * '' Cossus populi'' Walker, 1865 * '' Cossus pusillus'' Roepke, 1957 * '' Cossus rectangulatus'' Wichgraf, 1921 * '' Cossus reussi'' Strand, 1913 * '' Cossus rufidorsia'' Hampson, 1905 * '' Cossus saharae'' D. Lucas, 1907 * '' Cossus sakalava'' Viette, 1958 * '' Cossus sareptensis'' Rothschild, 1912 * '' Cossus semicurvatus'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Cossus seineri'' Grünberg * '' Cossus senex'' Butler, 1882 * '' Cossus sidamo'' 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'' 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