''Patoptoformis hanuman'' is a species 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 ...
of the family
Cossidae. It is found in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
(Assam).
Etymology
The species is named from Hanuman, a sacral monkey in Indian mythology.
[, 2006, New ''Cossidae'' (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, ''Tinea'' 19 (3): 188-213. Full Article]
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Moths described in 2006
Moths of Asia
Cossinae
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