Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Cossoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
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: Cossus tahamae

Name

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Cossus tahamae Wiltshire, 1949

Type locality: Saudi Arabia, near Jedda.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. Genitalia slide BM-Coss232.

CURRENT STATUS Afroarabiella tahamae

References

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  • Wiltshire, E.P., 1949a: Middle East Lepidoptera IX. New species and forms from Arabia and Persia, with a description of the genus Tamsola from Iraq. Bulletin of the Society Fouad I Entomology, 33: 353–372.
  • Yakovlev, R.V. 2008: Afroarabiella gen. nov. – a new genus of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from the African and Arabian Peninsula. Atalanta 39(1-4): 389-395. full article (pdf).Reference page