Acossus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Cossinae
Genus: Acossus
Species: A. centerensis – A. populi – A. terebra – A. undosus – A. viktor
Name

Acossus Dyar, 1905

Type species: Cossus undosus Lintner, 1878
References

Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1–295. Full article: [1].
Yakovlev, R.V., 2007: Taxonomic notes on Acossus Dyar and Parahypopta Daniel (Cossidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 30 (2): 415–421. Full article: [2].

Acossus is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Species

Acossus centerensis (Lintner, 1877) – poplar carpenterworm moth
Acossus populi (Walker, 1856) – aspen carpenterworm moth
Acossus terebra (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Acossus undosus (Lintner, 1878)
Acossus viktor (Yakovlev, 2004)

References

Taxonomic notes on Acossus Dyar and Parahypopta Daniel (Cossidae) Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine