Patoptoformis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Patoptoformis | |
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Patoptoformis ganesha | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Subfamily: | Cossinae |
Genus: | Patoptoformis Yakovlev, 2006 |
Species | |
See text |
Description
editThe genus consists of small dark colored moths with dark hair densely covering the body. The antennae are bipectinate. Forewing with a scarcely seen streaky pattern; hindwing dark without pattern; fringe evenly dark on both wings. Sexual dimorphism weakly expressed but female somewhat larger than male with wider wings and non-pectinate antennae.[1]
Distribution
editThe genus consists of three species distributed in India (Assam), Nepal and south-eastern China (Sichuan)
Species
edit- Patoptoformis ganesha (Yakovlev, 2004)
- Patoptoformis hanuman Yakovlev, 2006
- Patoptoformis rimsaitae Saldaitis & Yakovlev, 2012
References
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- ^ Description of two new species of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from China This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.