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Psychidocossus

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Genus of moths

Psychidocossus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Cossinae
Genus: Psychidocossus
D. S. Fletcher, 1982
Species: P. infantilis
Binomial name
Psychidocossus infantilis
(Schaus, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Psychopsis Dyar, 1940 (preocc. Newman, 1842)
  • Cossus infantilis Schaus, 1911
  • Psychopsis infantilis

Psychidocossus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1982. Its one species, Psychidocossus infantilis, described by William Schaus in 1911, is found in Costa Rica.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Psychidocossus infantilis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Psychidocossus infantilis


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