Cossula

Cossula is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.

Cossula
Cossula magnifica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Cossulinae
Genus:	Cossula Bailey, 1882
Synonyms
Costria Schaus, 1892 Allostylus Hering, 1923 Dimorphoctena Clench, 1957

Species

• Cossula albicosta Schaus, 1911
• Cossula alboperlata Bryk, 1953
• Cossula ardosiata Dognin, 1916
• Cossula arpi Schaus, 1901
• Cossula buspina Davis, Gentili-Poole & Mitter, 2008
• Cossula coerulescens Schaus, 1911
• Cossula cossuloides (Schaus, 1911)
• Cossula duplex Dyar, 1937
• Cossula duplexata Davis, Gentili-Poole & Mitter, 2008
• Cossula gaudeator (Schaus, 1911)
• Cossula longirostrum Davis, Gentili-Poole & Mitter, 2008
• Cossula magna Schaus, 1905
• Cossula magnifica Strecker, 1876
• Cossula minutiloba Davis, Gentili-Poole & Mitter, 2008
• Cossula oletta Dyar, 1937
• Cossula omaia Schaus
• Cossula poecilosema Clench, 1961
• Cossula stoica Dognin, 1922
• Cossula tapajoza Dyar, 1937
• Cossula wellingi Clench, 1961

Former species

• Cossula bistellata Dognin, 1910
• Cossula eberti Clench, 1961
• Cossula interrogationis Dyar, 1937
• Cossula morgani Clench, 1957
• Cossula nigripuncta Dognin, 1916
• Cossula notodontoides Schaus, 1892
• Cossula praeclara Schaus, 1892

References

• Davis, Steve R.; Patricia Gentili-Poole & Charles Mitter, 2008, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 222-277.
• Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1-295. Full article: [1].

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog