Paracossulus thrips

Paracossulus thrips
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Paracossulus
Schoorl, 1990
Species: P. thrips
Binomial name
Paracossulus thrips
(Hübner, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx thrips Hübner, 1818
  • Catopta thrips
  • Hypopta thrips
  • Cossus fuchsiana Eversmann, 1832
  • Cossus kindermanni Freyer, 1836
  • Catopta thrips polonica Daniel, 1953

Paracossulus thrips is a species of moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia,[1] Kazakhstan and Turkey. The habitat consists of exclaves of open steppe vegetation on sands or loess and xerophilous grasslands on alkaline substrates.[2]

The larvae bore the roots of Artemisia species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Assessments of conservation status at the European level (all biogeographical regions - EU25)
  3. ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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