Cossulus mollis

Cossulus mollis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Turkmenistan and Iraq.

Cossulus mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Cossulus
Species:
C. mollis
Binomial name
Cossulus mollis
(Christoph, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Holcocerus mollis Christoph, 1887

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

  1. Yakovlev, R.V., 2006, Eversmannia 7-8: 3-24.


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