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Cossus

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Cossus
Cossus cossus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Cossus
Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms
  • Teredo Hübner, 1806
  • Lyonetus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Trypanus Rambur, 1866
  • Caseus Castelnau, 1840
  • Cassus Dyar, 1905
  • Cussus Milyanovsky, 1964

Cossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

Species

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Former species

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Unknown status

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  • Cossus florita Druce

References

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  • Daniel, F., 1937: Zwei neue Cossidae aus Persien. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 27: 49-51. Full article: [1].
  • Daniel, F., 1940: Die Cossidae und Hepialidae der Ausbeuten Hone. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 30: 1004–1020. Full article: [2]
  • Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1–295. Full article: [3].
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: New data about Carpenter Moths of China (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3/4): 353–356.
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Mongolia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 3 (3): 217–224.
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2006, New Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, Tinea 19 (3): 188–213.
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2009: Systematic review of Goat Moth – Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Amurian Zoological Journal I (1): 57–71. Full article: [4].
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  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Subfamily: Cossinae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.