Cossoidea Leach, 1815

Carpenter and Leopard Moths

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: ​Cossoidea

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​The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are nocturnal Lepidoptera found worldwide, except the Southeast Asian subfamily Ratardinae, which is mostly active during the day. Wikipedia

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Family: Cossidae Leach, 1815 - Cossid millers or Carpenter millers

Genera: ​Lakshmia, Xyleutes, ​Zeuzera

Lakshmia zolotuhini

Xyleutes ceramica

Xyleutes mineus

Xyleutes persona

Xyleutes strix

Zeuzera coffeae

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Family: Metarbelidae Strand, 1909 - ​Old World Goat Moths

This family was treated by Roepke (1957) as the Squamuridae or as a subfamily, Squamurinae, of the Cossidae. However, it is clear from Fletcher & Nye (1982) that the name Metarbelidae of Strand has priority. Fletcher & Nye did not include Squamuridae as a synonym but it must certainly be included as such. The family is known from the Oriental and Afrotropical Regions, being most diverse in the latter; a few New World taxa are also attributed. Moths of Borneo

Genera: Indarbela

Indarbela obliquifasciata