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 family Cossidae. 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]

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