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Paracossulus thrips
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Paracossulus Schoorl, 1990
Species:	P. thrips
Binomial name
Paracossulus thrips (Hübner, 1818)
Synonyms
Bombyx thrips Hübner, 1818 Catopta thrips Hypopta thrips Cossus fuchsiana Eversmann, 1832 Cossus kindermanni Freyer, 1836 Catopta thrips polonica Daniel, 1953

Paracossulus thrips is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey. The habitat consists of exclaves of open steppe vegetation on sands or loess and xerophilous grasslands on alkaline substrates.

The larvae bore the roots of Artemisia species.

References

1. "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". June 6, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06.
2. "Catopta thrips.pdf | Reporting under Habitats Directive (Article 17)". forum.eionet.europa.eu.
3. "Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa". www.leps.it.

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