Groenendaelia

Groenendaelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Groenendaelia
Yakovlev, 2004
Species: G. kinabaluensis
Binomial name
Groenendaelia kinabaluensis
(Gaede, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Cossus kinabaluensis Gaede, 1933
  • Holcocerus kinabaluensis

Groenendaelia is a monotypic moth genus in the Cossidae family.[1] Its only species, Groenendaelia kinabaluensis, is found in Sundaland, including Borneo.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests and lowland areas.

The forewings are brown, divided from the striated bone grey apical area by a concave margin.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Groenendaelia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Groenendaelia kinabaluensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ The Moths of Borneo


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