Mormogystia
Mormogystia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.
| 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 | |
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Diagnosis
Mormogystia is distinguished from all other Cossidae genera by having large silvery areas on the forewing.
Distribution
The genus consists of four species distributed in north Africa, the Levant, Arabian Peninsula and Kenya.
Species
- Mormogystia brandstetteri Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Yakovlev, 2011
- Mormogystia equatorialis (Le Cerf, 1933)
- Mormogystia proleuca (Hampson in Walsingham et Hampson, 1896)
- Mormogystia reibellii (Oberthür, 1876)
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