Macrocossus toluminus

Taxonavigation

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: Cossinae
Genus: Macrocossus
Species: Macrocossus toluminus

Name

Macrocossus toluminus (Druce, 1887)

Type locality: The Gambia.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit A. Moloney.

Synonyms

• Cossus toluminus Druce, 1887 (original combination)
• Macrocossus toluminos (Druce): Clench, 1959: 4.
• Macrocossus rudi Aurivillius, 1900.

References

• Clench, H.K., 1959: Notes on African Cossidae. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München, 6: 3–27. Full article: [1].
• 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].
• Yakovlev, R.V., László, G.M. & Witt, T.J. 2019. First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 47(187), 557-565. Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Murphy, R.J. 2013. The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3709(4): 371–393. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.5 Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V., Sulak, H. & Witt, T.J. 2019. Preliminary list of Cossidae sensu str. (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea: Cossidae: Cossinae & Zeuzerinae) of the Republic of Angola with description of a new Strigocossus species. Zootaxa 4586(3): 445–460. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.3. Reference page.