Hirtocossus cirrilator

Hirtocossus cirrilator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Hirtocossus
Species: H. cirrilator
Binomial name
Hirtocossus cirrilator
(Le Cerf, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Cossus cirrilator Le Cerf, 1919

Hirtocossus cirrilator is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in Madagascar.[1]

The wings of this moth are white with 3 large light-brown cellspots. The body and abdomen are white with brownish and blackish scales. The expansion of the male is 73.5mm.[2]

See also

List of moths of Madagascar

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ (French) Archive.org: Le Cerf, F. 1919c. Description d'un Cossus nouveau de Madagascar (Lepid. Cossidae). - Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris 25: page 107–108


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