''Macrocossus'' 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.
Species
* ''
Macrocossus caducus''
H.K. Clench, 1959
* ''
Macrocossus coelebs''
H.K. Clench, 1959
* ''
Macrocossus grebennikovi''
Yakovlev, 2013
* ''
Macrocossus sidamo''
(Rougeot, 1977)
* ''
Macrocossus toluminus
''Macrocossus toluminus'' is a moth in the family Cossidae Species description, first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanz ...
''
(Druce, 1887)
References
* , 1959: Notes on African Cossidae. ''Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München'', 6: 3-27. Full article
* , 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 263: 1-295. Full article
* , 2013: The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. ''Zootaxa'', 3709 (4): 371-393. Abstract
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossinae
Cossidae genera
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