Pygmeocossus tonga

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: Pygmeocossus tonga
Name

Pygmeocossus tonga R.V. Yakovlev, 2005

Type locality: India, M. Andaman, Mayabander.

Holotype: MWM. male ♂. 19.-20.III.1998. leg. V. Siniaev.
References

Yakovlev, R.V. 2005a: Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Andaman Islands (India). Tinea 18(4): 257-260. full article (pdf).Reference page.

Pygmeocossus tonga is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on the Andaman Islands of India.[1]

The length of the forewings is about 10 mm. The forewings are ochre at the base with a brown band in the medial area. The postdiscal area is light with narrow dark bands. The hindwings are uniform light.
Etymology

The species is named after Tonga, the hero of the Arthur Conan Doyle novel The Sign of the Four, who was an inhabitant of the Andaman Islands.[2]
References

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

Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Andaman Islands (India)

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog