Zeuzerocossus cinereus

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: Zeuzerocossus
Species: Zeuzerocossus cinereus
Name

Zeuzerocossus cinereus (Roepke, 1957)

Type locality: Borneo.

Holotype: ITZ. male ♂.
Synonyms

Cossus cinereus Roepke, 1957

References

Yakovlev, R.V. 2008a: Zeuzerocossus Yakovlev, gen. n., a new genus of Cossidae from south-eastern Asia. Tinea 20(2): 105-107. full article (pdf).Reference page.

Zeuzerocossus cinereus is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus Zeuzerocossus. It is found on Borneo,[1] Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

The forewings are pale grey with an inverted darker grey 'V'-shape.[2]
References

Yakovlev, Roman V., 2008, Zeuzerocossus Yakovlev, gen. n., a new genus of Cossidae from south-eastern Asia, Tinea 20 (2): 105-107.

The Moths of Borneo

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog