Mormogystia

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Mormogystia
Mormogystia brandstetteri (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Cossinae
Genus: Mormogystia
Schoorl, 1990
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Mormogystia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.

Diagnosis[edit]

Mormogystia is distinguished from all other Cossidae genera by having large silvery areas on the forewing.

Distribution[edit]

The genus consists of four species distributed in north Africa, the Levant, Arabian Peninsula and Kenya.

Species[edit]

Male Mormogystia brandstetteri

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