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Checklist for Subfamily Cossinae Leach, 1815 (Carpenter moths)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
71
1255
2808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
70
1251
2798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
1237
2748
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
24
751
1740
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Cossina
Meyrick, 1907
4
65
124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cossoidea
Leach, 1815
Carpenter, Carpenter moths and relatives, Clearwing Moths
2
18
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCossidae
Leach, 1815
Borers, Carpenter and Leopard Moths, Carpenter millers
16
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCossinae
Leach, 1815
Carpenter moths, Cossines
10
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
10 Genera with 15 Species
Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Arctiocossus Felder, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Brachylia Felder, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Coryphodema Felder, 17822SpeciesTaxom
Cossus Fabricius, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lichtensteiniana Mey, 20162SpeciesTaxom
Macrocossus Aurivillius, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Meyoarabiella Yakovlev, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Paracossulus Schoorl, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Rethona Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
15 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afroarabiella poliopterus Clench, 1959
Arctiocossus antargyreus C. Felder & ..., 1874
Arctiocossus namaquensis Mey, 2015
Brachylia lineata Mey, 2016
Brachylia plumbata Mey, 2016
Brachylia terebroides Felder, 1874
Coryphodema capensis (Drury, 1782)⇒ Coryphodema tristis Drury, 1782
Coryphodema tristis Drury, 1782Apple-trunk Borer
Cossus cossus cossus
Lichtensteiniana fuscoalaria Mey, 2015
Lichtensteiniana maritima Mey, 2016
Macrocossus toluminus Druce, 1887
Meyoarabiella karooensis Mey, 2016
Paracossulus thrips Hübner, 1818
Rethona albifasciata Hampson, 1910


Links, sources and further information
Cossinae at artfakta.se
Cossinae at dyntaxa.se
Cossinae at itis.gov