Dyspessa tsvetaevi

Life-forms

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: Cossinae
Genus: Dyspessa
Species: Dyspessa tsvetaevi
Name

Dyspessa tsvetaevi R.V. Yakovlev, 2008

Type locality: TShaqlawa, Kurdistan, Iraq, 2500 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. V.1953. leg. E.P. Wiltshire.
References

Yakovlev, R.V., 2008: New species of Palaearctic and Oriental Cossidae (Lepidoptera). IV. New taxa of the genus Dyspessa Hubner, [1820] from South-Western Palaearctic. Eversmannia, 15-16: 53–68. Full article: [1].

Dyspessa tsvetaevi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2008. It is found in Turkey[1] and Iraq.

The length of the forewings is about 15 mm. The forewings are light-brown with a light pattern. The hindwings are light-yellow.[2]
References

Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.

Yakovlev, R.V., 2008: New species of Palaearctic and Oriental Cossidae (Lepidoptera). IV. New taxa of the genus Dyspessa Hübner, [1820] from South-Western Palaearctic. Eversmannia 15/16: 53-68. Full article: [1]

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