Cossulus alaicus

Cossulus alaicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Cossulus
Species: C. alaicus
Binomial name
Cossulus alaicus
Yakovlev, 2006

Cossulus alaicus is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Kyrgyzstan.

The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm. Adults resemble Cossulus argentatus, but differs from it by a reduction of the basal yellow area on the forewings and the grey hindwings.[1]

References

  1. Yakovlev, R.V., 2006, Eversmannia 7-8: 3-24.
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