Pygmeocossus

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: Pygmeocossus
Species: P. simao – P. tonga
Name

Pygmeocossus R.V. Yakovlev, 2005

Type species: Pygmeocossus tonga R.V. Yakovlev, 2005
References

Yakovlev, R.V. 2005a: Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Andaman Islands (India). Tinea 18(4): 257-260. full article (pdf).Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2009: New taxa of African and Asian Cossidae (Lepidoptera). Euroasian Entomological Journal 8(3): 353-361. full article (pdf). Reference page.

ygmeocossus is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Species

Pygmeocossus simao Yakovlev, 2009
Pygmeocossus tonga Yakovlev, 2005

References

Yakovlev, R.V., 2005: Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Andaman Islands (India). Tinea 18 (4): 257-260.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2009: New taxa of African and Asian Cossidae (Lepidoptera). Euroasian Entomological Journal 8 (3): 353-361. Full article: [1].

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog