Strigocossus
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| Extract from Plate II. HEPIALUS CRASSUS (= Strigocossus crassa). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeuzerinae |
| Genus: | Strigocossus Houlbert, 1916[1] |
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Strigocossus is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae. The genus was described by Constant Vincent Houlbert in 1916.
Species[edit]
Some species of this genus are:[2]
- Strigocossus ambahona (Viette, 1954)
- Strigocossus crassa (Drury, 1782)
- Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856)
- Strigocossus cretacea (Butler, 1878)
- Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013
- Strigocossus guillemei (Houlbert, 1916)
- Strigocossus hepialoides Yakovlev, 2011
- Strigocossus kushit Yakovlev, 2011
- Strigocossus mediopallens (D. S. Fletcher, 1968)
- Strigocossus moderata (Walker, 1856)
- Strigocossus ochricosta (D. S. Fletcher, 1968)
- Strigocossus tandoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1927)
Former species[edit]
- Strigocossus kilimandjarae (Le Cerf, 1914)
- Strigocossus leucopteris Houlbert, 1916
- Strigocossus vosseleri (Gaede, 1930)
References[edit]
- ^ Houlbert, C. 1916. "Sur la distribution géographique des Xyleutes (Lép. Zeuzeridae) et description de sept espèces nouvelles". Etudes de Lépidoptérologie comparée 11bis:59–118.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Strigocossus Houlbert, 1916". Afromoths. Retrieved March 24, 2018.