Mormogystia
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| Mormogystia brandstetteri (male) | |
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| Genus: | Mormogystia Schoorl, 1990
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Mormogystia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Diagnosis
Mormogystia is distinguished from all other Cossidae genera by having large silvery areas on the forewing.
Description
Medium-sized, brightly coloured moths. Male antennae bipectinate with very short processes; female antennal pecten much reduced. Large silvery areas on the forewing forming fasciae make this the only Cossidae genus to have such a high contrast pattern. Hindwings are uniform.
Distribution
The genus consists of four species distributed in north Africa, the Levant, Arabian Peninsula and Kenya.
Species
- Mormogystia brandstetteri Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Yakovlev, 2011
- Mormogystia equatorialis (Le Cerf, 1933)
- Mormogystia proleuca (Hampson in Walsingham et Hampson, 1896)
- Mormogystia reibellii (Oberthür, 1876)
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