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''Cossus subocellatus'' is a
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 ...
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 ...
. The distribution of the species is unknown. The forewings are imperfectly reticulated with black, with a straight slightly oblique black band near the base, and with two slender curved black subapical bands, one in front, the other behind. The hindwings are slightly reticulated, brownish above.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum


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Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossus Moths described in 1856 {{Cossinae-stub