Mormogystia | |
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Mormogystia brandstetteri (male) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Subfamily: | Cossinae |
Genus: |
Mormogystia Schoorl, 1990 |
Species | |
See text |
Mormogystia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Mormogystia is distinguished from all other Cossidae genera by having large silvery areas on the forewing.
The genus consists of four species distributed in north Africa, the Levant, Arabian Peninsula and Kenya.
Mormogystia | |
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Mormogystia brandstetteri (male) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Subfamily: | Cossinae |
Genus: |
Mormogystia Schoorl, 1990 |
Species | |
See text |
Mormogystia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
Mormogystia is distinguished from all other Cossidae genera by having large silvery areas on the forewing.
The genus consists of four species distributed in north Africa, the Levant, Arabian Peninsula and Kenya.