Hirtocossus crucis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Hirtocossus |
| Species: | H. crucis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hirtocossus crucis (Kenrick, 1914)
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Hirtocossus crucis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.[1]
This is a large heavy moth with a wingspan of 70 mm. The frontwings are dull white, with 2 fine angulated lines crossing, the hindwings are uniformly dull grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ afromoths.net
- ^ Kenrick, 1914a. New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):p.588, pls. 31–32