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Isocossus cruciatus

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Isocossus cruciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Isocossus
Species:
I. cruciatus
Binomial name
Isocossus cruciatus
(Holloway, 1986)
Synonyms
  • Cossus cruciatus Holloway, 1986

Isocossus cruciatus is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1986 and is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of alluvial forests.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale grey with blackish striae.

References

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  • Yakovlev, Roman V. (23 July 2015). "A new species of Isocossus Roepke, 1957 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Vietnam, including a world catalogue of the genus". Zootaxa. 3990 (1): 141–146. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.9.