Psychidocossus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1982. Its one species, Psychidocossus infantilis, described by William Schaus in 1911, is found in Costa Rica.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Subfamily: | Cossinae |
Genus: | Psychidocossus D. S. Fletcher, 1982 |
Species: | P. infantilis
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Binomial name | |
Psychidocossus infantilis (Schaus, 1911)
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psychidocossus infantilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.