''Acossus'' 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 belonging to the family
Cossidae.
Species
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Acossus centerensis
''Acossus centerensis'', the poplar carpenterworm, is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in North America from New Jersey west to Illinois and North Dakota. In Canada it is found from Quebec and Ontario west to British Columbia.
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(Lintner, 1877) – poplar carpenterworm moth
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Acossus 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.
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(Walker, 1856) – aspen carpenterworm moth
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Acossus terebra
''Acossus terebra'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Eurasia, including Israel, Turkey, northern Spain, central and southern Europe, southern Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region, Ukraine, the central part of European Rus ...
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(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Acossus undosus
''Acossus undosus'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the United States, including Wyoming, Utah and possibly surrounding states.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance f ...
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(Lintner, 1878)
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Acossus viktor
''Acossus viktor'' is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Russia, in southern Siberia and the southern part of the Tuva Republic
Tuva (; russian: Тува́) or Tyva ( tyv, Тыва), officially the Republic of Tuva (r ...
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(Yakovlev, 2004)
References
Cossinae
Moth genera
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