Cossodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae. Its sole species, Cossodes lyonetii, is found in south-western Western Australia.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Subfamily: | Cossinae |
Tribe: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Cossodes White, 1841 |
Species: | C. lyonetii
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Binomial name | |
Cossodes lyonetii White, 1841
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The wingspan is 55–58 mm for males and about 63 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to March.
The larvae feed on Xanthorrhoea species.[1]
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