Cossulus mollis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Genus: | Cossulus |
Species: | C. mollis
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Binomial name | |
Cossulus mollis (Christoph, 1887)
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Cossulus mollis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Turkmenistan and Iraq.
The length of the forewings is 13–15 mm. The forewings are greyish with a pattern of light and dark elements. There is a dark-grey area in the central part of the wing. The hindwings vary from uniform white to greyish.[1]
Subspecies
- Cossulus mollis mollis (Turkmenistan)
- Cossulus mollis muelleri Yakovlev, 2006 (Iraq)
References
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