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Checklist of Superfamily Cossoidea Leach, 1815 (Carpenter)
for Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
494
4980
11122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
493
4974
11111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
473
4901
10973
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
317
4100
9627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
71
1181
2669
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
70
1177
2659
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
1163
2610
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
24
704
1644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Cossina
Meyrick, 1907
4
60
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cossoidea
Leach, 1815
Carpenter, Carpenter moths and relatives, Clearwing Moths
2
17
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
2 Families width 30 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cossidae Leach, 1815Borers27SpeciesTaxom
Brachodidae Agenjo, 1966Little Bear Moths3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
17 Genera with 30 Species
Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Arbelodes Karsch, 20107SpeciesTaxom
Arctiocossus Felder, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Azygophleps Hampson, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Brachodes Guenée, 19203SpeciesTaxom
Brachylia Felder, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Coryphodema Felder, 17822SpeciesTaxom
Cossus Fabricius, 01SpeciesTaxom
Eulophonotus Felder, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Lichtensteiniana Mey, 20162SpeciesTaxom
Macrocossus Aurivillius, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Metarbela Holland, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Meyoarabiella Yakovlev, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Phycodes Guenée, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Rethona Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Teragra Walker, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Zeuzera Latreille, 17771SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
30 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afroarabiella poliopterus Clench, 1959
Arbelodes agassizi I. Lehmann, 2010
Arbelodes dicksoni I. Lehmann, 2010
Arbelodes franziskae I. Lehmann, 2010
Arbelodes haberlandorum I. Lehmann, 2010
Arbelodes kruegeri I. Lehmann, 2010
Arbelodes shimonii I. Lehmann, 2010
Arbelodes varii I. Lehmann, 2010
Arctiocossus antargyreus C. Felder & ..., 1874
Arctiocossus namaquensis Mey, 2015
Azygophleps asylas Cramer, 1779
Azygophleps inclusa Walker, 1856
Brachodes infandus Meyrick, 1920
Brachodes nycteropis Meyrick, 1920
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
Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874Cocoa stem borer
Lichtensteiniana fuscoalaria Mey, 2015
Lichtensteiniana maritima Mey, 2016
Macrocossus toluminus Druce, 1887
Metarbela cymaphora Hampson, 1910
Meyoarabiella karooensis Mey, 2016
Phycodes punctata Walsingham, 1891
Rethona albifasciata Hampson, 1910
Teragra punctana Mey, 2011
Zeuzera asylas Cramer, 1777

Subnodes of Cossoidea with occurrences in Western Cape
FamilyBrachodidae
Agenjo, 1966
Little Bear Moths
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCossidae
Leach, 1815
Borers, Carpenter and Leopard Moths, Carpenter millers, Carpenter Moth, Carpenter moths, Carpenter worm moths, Carpenterworm Moths, Cossid millers, Cossid moths, Goat moths, Leopard moths, Witchetty Grubs
15
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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