Roepkiella chloratus

Roepkiella chloratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Roepkiella
Species: R. chloratus
Binomial name
Roepkiella chloratus
(Swinhoe, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Cossus chloratus Swinhoe, 1892
  • Paracossus chloratus
  • Cossus divisa Rothschild, 1912

Roepkiella chloratus is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Sundaland and the Philippines.[1] The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

Larvae bore in the bark of Parkia species.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Roepkiella chloratus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo


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