Cossus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Cossidae
Subfamilia: Cossulinae
Genus: Cossus
Species: C. abyssinica – C. afghanistana – C. aksuensis – C. albonubila – C. arenicola – C. bohatschi – C. buchanani – C. cadambae – C. campicola – C. cashmirensis – C. centrimaculatus – C. cinereus – C. colossus – C. cossus – C. cruciatus – C. fanti – C. fereidun – C. henleyi – C. hoenei – C. hunanensis – C. intractatus – C. irani – C. iranica – C. japonica – C. likiangi – C. lucifer – C. mauretanicus – C. modestus – C. mokanshanensis – C. mongolicus – C. orientalis – C. pallidalae – C. parvipuncta – C. retak – C. romantsovi – C. rufipecten – C. rhytiphorus – C. rufidorsia – C. sakalava – C. sareptensis – C. seria – C. shmakovi – C. siniaevi – C. stertzi – C. tahamae – C. tapinus – C. telisai – C. vicarius
Name

Cossus Fabricius, 1793

Type species: Phalaena cossus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Teredo Hübner, 1806
Lyonetus Rafinesque, 1815
Trypanus Rambur, 1866

References

Daniel, F., 1937: Zwei neue Cossidae aus Persien. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 27: 49–51. Full article: [1].
Daniel, F. 1940: Die Cossidae und Hepialidae der Ausbeuten Höne (Lep. Het.). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 30: 1004–1024. Full article. Reference page.
Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1–295. Full article: [2].
Viette, P.E.L. 1957a. Contribution à l'étude des Cossidae (4" note) (1) Nouvelles espèces de Madagascar. Lambillionea 57(11–12): 99–106. Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: New data about Carpenter Moths of China (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3/4): 353–356.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Mongolia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 3 (3): 217–224.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2006: A revision of carpenter moths of the genus Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.). Eversmannia Supplement 1: 3-103. full article (pdf). Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2006b: New Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia. Tinea 19(3): 188-213. full article (pdf).Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2009: Systematic review of Goat Moth – Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Amurian zoological journal I (1): 57–71. Full article: [3].
Yakovlev, R.V., Pljustch, I.G., Skrylnik, Y., Pak, O.V. & Witt, T.J. 2015. The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan with description of three new species and special notes on the fauna of Bande-Amir National Park. Zootaxa 3990(1): 41–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V., Shapoval, N.A., Kuftina, G.N., Gagarina, A.V. & Gorodilova, E.Yu. 2019. A DNA-based description of a new carpenter moth species (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Morocco. Zootaxa 4711(2): 393–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.2.10 Paywall. Reference page.

Cossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

Species

Cossus afghanistana Daniel, 1953
Cossus bohatschi Püngeler, 1898
Cossus cossus Linnaeus, 1758
Cossus crassicornis Fabricius, 1775
Cossus dentilinea Druce, 1911
Cossus hoenei Yakovlev, 2006
Cossus horrifer Schaus, 1892
Cossus inconspicuus Druce, 1910
Cossus kerzhneri Yakovlev, 2011
Cossus nina Schaus, 1911
Cossus orientalis Gaede, 1929
Cossus shmakovi Yakovlev, 2004
Cossus siniaevi Yakovlev, 2004
Cossus subocellatus Walker, 1856
Cossus tibetanus Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990
Cossus ziliante Stoll, 1782

Former species

Cossus abyssinicus Hampson, 1910
Cossus acronyctoides Moore, 1879
Cossus aegyptiacus Hampson, 1910
Cossus airani Daniel, 1937
Cossus aksuensis Daniel, 1953
Cossus araraticus Teich, 1896
Cossus aries Püngeler, 1902
Cossus badiala D. S. Fletcher, 1968
Cossus balcanicus Lederer, 1863
Cossus bianchii Krüger, 1934
Cossus bongiovannii Krüger, 1939
Cossus breviculus Mabille, 1880
Cossus brunneofasciatus Gaede, 1929
Cossus cadambae Moore, 1865
Cossus cashmirensis Moore, 1879
Cossus celebensis Roepke, 1957
Cossus centerensis Lintner, 1877
Cossus centrimaculatus Röber, 1925
Cossus cheesmani Tams, 1925
Cossus chloratus Swinhoe, 1892
Cossus cinereus Roepke, 1957
Cossus cirrilator Le Cerf, 1919
Cossus colossus Staudinger, 1887
Cossus crassilineatus Gaede, 1929
Cossus crucis Kenrick, 1914
Cossus divisus Rothschild, 1912
Cossus eutelia Clench, 1959
Cossus fanti Hampson, 1910
Cossus frater Warnecke, 1929
Cossus fulvosparsa Butler, 1882
Cossus funkei Röber, 1896
Cossus fuscibasis Hampson, 1895
Cossus gaerdesi Daniel, 1956
Cossus giganteus Schwingenschuss, 1938
Cossus greeni Arora, 1976
Cossus hunanensis Daniel, 1940
Cossus hycranus Christoph, 1888
Cossus incandescens Butler, 1875
Cossus javanus Roepke, 1957
Cossus kinabaluensis Gaede, 1933
Cossus kwouus Karsch, 1898
Cossus lepta West, 1932
Cossus likiangi Daniel, 1940
Cossus mauretanicus D. Lucas, 1907
Cossus modestus Staudinger, 1887
Cossus mokshanensis Daniel, 1949
Cossus mongolicus Erschoff, 1882
Cossus mucidus Edwards, 1882
Cossus nigeriae Bethune-Baker, 1915
Cossus nigromaculatus Hampson, 1892
Cossus osthelderi Daniel, 1933
Cossus parvipunctatus Hampson, 1892
Cossus parvulus Kenrick, 1914
Cossus pavidus Butler, 1882
Cossus perplexus Neumoegen, 1893
Cossus polygraphus Lower, 1893
Cossus populi Walker, 1865
Cossus pusillus Roepke, 1957
Cossus rectangulatus Wichgraf, 1921
Cossus reussi Strand, 1913
Cossus rufidorsia Hampson, 1905
Cossus saharae D. Lucas, 1907
Cossus sakalava Viette, 1958
Cossus sareptensis Rothschild, 1912
Cossus semicurvatus Gaede, 1929
Cossus seineri Grünberg
Cossus senex Butler, 1882
Cossus sidamo Rougeot, 1977
Cossus stertzi Püngeler, 1900
Cossus stigmaticus Moore, 1879
Cossus striolatus Rothschild, 1912
Cossus subfuscus Snellen, 1895
Cossus tahamae Wiltshire, 1949
Cossus tahlai Dumont, 1932
Cossus tapinus Püngeler, 1898
Cossus terebroides Felder, 1874
Cossus toluminus Druce, 1887
Cossus turati Krüger, 1934
Cossus unguiculatus Fabricius, 1793
Cossus verbeeki Roepke, 1957
Cossus vinctus Walker, 1865
Cossus windhoekensis Strand, 1913

Unknown status

Cossus florita Druce

References

Daniel, F., 1937: Zwei neue Cossidae aus Persien. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 27: 49-51. Full article: [1].
Daniel, F., 1940: Die Cossidae und Hepialidae der Ausbeuten Hone. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 30: 1004–1020. Full article: [2]
Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1–295. Full article: [3].
Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: New data about Carpenter Moths of China (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3/4): 353–356.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Mongolia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 3 (3): 217–224.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2006, New Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, Tinea 19 (3): 188–213.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2009: Systematic review of Goat Moth – Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Amurian Zoological Journal I (1): 57–71. Full article: [4].