Cossus

Cossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

Species

• Cossus afghanistana Daniel, 1953
• Cossus bohatschi Püngeler, 1898
• Cossus cossus Linnaeus, 1758
• Cossus crassicornis Fabricius, 1775
• Cossus dentilinea Druce, 1911
• Cossus hoenei Yakovlev, 2006
• Cossus horrifer Schaus, 1892
• Cossus inconspicuus Druce, 1910
• Cossus kerzhneri Yakovlev, 2011
• Cossus nina Schaus, 1911
• Cossus orientalis Gaede, 1929
• Cossus shmakovi Yakovlev, 2004
• Cossus siniaevi Yakovlev, 2004
• Cossus subocellatus Walker, 1856
• Cossus tibetanus Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990
• Cossus ziliante Stoll, 1782

Former species

• Cossus abyssinicus Hampson, 1910
• Cossus acronyctoides Moore, 1879
• Cossus aegyptiacus Hampson, 1910
• Cossus airani Daniel, 1937
• Cossus aksuensis Daniel, 1953
• Cossus araraticus Teich, 1896
• Cossus aries Püngeler, 1902
• Cossus badiala D. S. Fletcher, 1968
• Cossus balcanicus Lederer, 1863
• Cossus bianchii Krüger, 1934
• Cossus bongiovannii Krüger, 1939
• Cossus breviculus Mabille, 1880
• Cossus brunneofasciatus Gaede, 1929
• Cossus cadambae Moore, 1865
• Cossus cashmirensis Moore, 1879
• Cossus celebensis Roepke, 1957
• Cossus centerensis Lintner, 1877
• Cossus centrimaculatus Röber, 1925
• Cossus cheesmani Tams, 1925
• Cossus chloratus Swinhoe, 1892
• Cossus cinereus Roepke, 1957
• Cossus cirrilator Le Cerf, 1919
• Cossus colossus Staudinger, 1887
• Cossus crassilineatus Gaede, 1929
• Cossus crucis Kenrick, 1914
• Cossus divisus Rothschild, 1912
• Cossus eutelia Clench, 1959
• Cossus fanti Hampson, 1910
• Cossus frater Warnecke, 1929
• Cossus fulvosparsa Butler, 1882
• Cossus funkei Röber, 1896
• Cossus fuscibasis Hampson, 1895
• Cossus gaerdesi Daniel, 1956
• Cossus giganteus Schwingenschuss, 1938
• Cossus greeni Arora, 1976
• Cossus hunanensis Daniel, 1940
• Cossus hycranus Christoph, 1888
• Cossus incandescens Butler, 1875
• Cossus javanus Roepke, 1957
• Cossus kinabaluensis Gaede, 1933
• Cossus kwouus Karsch, 1898
• Cossus lepta West, 1932
• Cossus likiangi Daniel, 1940
• Cossus mauretanicus D. Lucas, 1907
• Cossus modestus Staudinger, 1887
• Cossus mokshanensis Daniel, 1949
• Cossus mongolicus Erschoff, 1882
• Cossus mucidus Edwards, 1882
• Cossus nigeriae Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Cossus nigromaculatus Hampson, 1892
• Cossus osthelderi Daniel, 1933
• Cossus parvipunctatus Hampson, 1892
• Cossus parvulus Kenrick, 1914
• Cossus pavidus Butler, 1882
• Cossus perplexus Neumoegen, 1893
• Cossus polygraphus Lower, 1893
• Cossus populi Walker, 1865
• Cossus pusillus Roepke, 1957
• Cossus rectangulatus Wichgraf, 1921
• Cossus reussi Strand, 1913
• Cossus rufidorsia Hampson, 1905
• Cossus saharae D. Lucas, 1907
• Cossus sakalava Viette, 1958
• Cossus sareptensis Rothschild, 1912
• Cossus semicurvatus Gaede, 1929
• Cossus seineri Grünberg
• Cossus senex Butler, 1882
• Cossus sidamo Rougeot, 1977
• Cossus stertzi Püngeler, 1900
• Cossus stigmaticus Moore, 1879
• Cossus striolatus Rothschild, 1912
• Cossus subfuscus Snellen, 1895
• Cossus tahamae Wiltshire, 1949
• Cossus tahlai Dumont, 1932
• Cossus tapinus Püngeler, 1898
• Cossus terebroides Felder, 1874
• Cossus toluminus Druce, 1887
• Cossus turati Krüger, 1934
• Cossus unguiculatus Fabricius, 1793
• Cossus verbeeki Roepke, 1957
• Cossus vinctus Walker, 1865
• Cossus windhoekensis Strand, 1913

Unknown status

• Cossus florita Druce

References

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• Daniel, F., 1937: Zwei neue Cossidae aus Persien. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 27: 49-51. Full article: .
• Daniel, F., 1940: Die Cossidae und Hepialidae der Ausbeuten Hone. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 30: 1004-1020. Full article:
• Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1-295. Full article: .
• Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: New data about Carpenter Moths of China (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3/4): 353-356.
• Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Mongolia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 3 (3): 217-224.
• Yakovlev, R.V., 2006, New Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, Tinea 19 (3): 188-213.
• Yakovlev, R.V., 2009: Systematic review of Goat Moth – Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Amurian Zoological Journal I (1): 57-71. Full article: .

External links

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Subfamily: Cossinae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.