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Strigocossus moderata

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(Redirected from Xyleutes vosseleri) Species of moth

Strigocossus moderata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Strigocossus
Species: S. moderata
Binomial name
Strigocossus moderata
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Zeuzera moderata Walker, 1856
  • Strigocossus moderatus
  • Xyleutes leucopteris Houlbert, 1916
  • Xyleutes sjoestedti vosseleri Gaede, 1930

Strigocossus moderata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.

The larvae feed on Cassia and Pterolobium species.

References

  1. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
  2. Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
  3. Afro Moths
Taxon identifiers
Strigocossus moderata


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