''Zeuzera'' is an
Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...
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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Zeuzera biebingeri''
Speidel et Speidel, 1986
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Zeuzera lineata''
Gaede, 1933
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Zeuzera multistrigata''
Moore, 1881
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Zeuzera nepalense''
Daniel, 1962
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Zeuzera nuristanensis''
Daniel, 1964
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Zeuzera pyrina
''Zeuzera pyrina'', the leopard moth or wood leopard moth, is a moth of the family Cossidae.
It is considered a pest by fruit growers, as the larvae feed on branches of many kinds of fruit trees (see list below). Olive trees in particular are ve ...
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(Linnaeus, 1761)
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Zeuzera qinensis''
Hua, Chou, Fang et Chen, 1990
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Zeuzera yuennani''
Daniel, 1940
Former species
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Zeuzera ariana''
Grum-Grshimailo, 1899
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Zeuzera coffeae''
Nietner, 1861
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Zeuzera conferta''
Walker, 1856
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Zeuzera indica''
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1854
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Zeuzera innotata''
Walker, 1865
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Zeuzera nubila''
Staudinger, 1895
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Zeuzera rhabdota''
Jordan, 1932
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Zeuzera stigmatica''
Moore, 1879
References
* , 2004: Cossidae of Thailand. Part 1. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). ''Atalanta'' 35 (3-4): 335-351.
* , 2009: Little known species of Palaearctic and Oriental Cossidae (Lepidoptera). IV. Phragmacossia ariana (Grum-Grshimailo, 1899), comb. n. ''Amurian zoological journal'' I (1): 55. Full article
* , 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. ''Entomofauna'' Supplement 16: 11-32.
External links
Zeuzera at funet
Zeuzerinae
Cossidae genera
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