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Strigocossus tandoensis

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Strigocossus tandoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Strigocossus
Species:
S. tandoensis
Binomial name
Strigocossus tandoensis
Synonyms
  • Azygophleps tandoensis Bethune-Baker, 1927

Strigocossus tandoensis is a moth in the family Cossidae.[1] It is found in Angola, the Republic of Congo, Kenya and Malawi.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 52 mm for males and 72 mm for females. The forewings are dull pale brownish, darker along the costa. The interspaces of the veins from vein two to the apex of the wing have very dark brown lines. The lines are irregular and minutely crinkled. There is a short dark, slightly arched dash in the fold above vein one. The hindwings are grey, with an internervular fine network.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Genus search results". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  2. ^ Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
  3. ^ "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  4. ^ F.Z.S, G. T. Bethune-Baker F. L. S. (1927-10-01). "XLVI.—Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (118): 321–334. doi:10.1080/00222932708655457. ISSN 0374-5481.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.