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Zeuzerocossus

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Species of insect

Zeuzerocossus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Zeuzerocossus
Yakovlev, 2008
Species: Z. cinereus
Binomial name
Zeuzerocossus cinereus
(Roepke, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Cossus cinereus Roepke, 1957
  • Paracossus cinereus

Zeuzerocossus cinereus is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus Zeuzerocossus. It is found on Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

The forewings are pale grey with an inverted darker grey 'V'-shape.

References

  1. Yakovlev, Roman V., 2008, Zeuzerocossus Yakovlev, gen. n., a new genus of Cossidae from south-eastern Asia, Tinea 20 (2): 105-107.
  2. "The Moths of Borneo". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
Taxon identifiers
Zeuzerocossus cinereus


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