Chinocossus acronyctoides

Chinocossus acronyctoides is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Kashmir, India and Vietnam.[1]

Chinocossus acronyctoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cossidae
Genus:
Chinocossus
Species:
C. acronyctoides
Binomial name
Chinocossus acronyctoides
(Moore, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Brachylia acronyctoides Moore, 1879
  • Cossus acronyctoides
  • Paracossus acronyctoides

The larvae feed on Tamarix articulata.[2]

References
  1. Yakovlev, R.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 11-32.
  2. Schoorl, J.W. 1990: A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 263: 1-295. PDF


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