''Surcossus perlaris'' 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, and the only species in the genus ''Surcossus''. It was described by Heimlich in 1960 and is found in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Moths described in 1960 Cossinae Endemic fauna of Chile {{Cossinae-stub