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Species Acossus undosus - Hodges#2677

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and Clearwing Moths)
Family Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)
Subfamily Cossinae
Genus Acossus
Species undosus (Acossus undosus - Hodges#2677)
Hodges Number
2677
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acossus brucei (French, 1890)
Acossus nodosus (Kirby, 1892) misspelling
described in 1878 by Lintner, who originally placed it in genus Cossus
Numbers
one of 3 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps; this is the type species
Size
wingspan about 58 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG
Range
Wyoming, Utah, and perhaps adjacent states; type specimen collected in Wyoming
Remarks
page creation based on identification provided at Moth Photographers Group
See Also
compare images of related species by Jim Vargo at MPG
Internet References
author, date, and original genus plus type specimen locality (Brian Pitkin et al, Butterflies and Moths of the World)
synonyms and references (Markku Savela, FUNET)
presence in Utah; list (Joel Johnson, Utah Lepidopterists Society)
technical description and notes (William Barnes and J.H. McDunnough, 1911, Revision of the Cossidae of North America)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 October, 2009 - 6:08pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 19 June, 2022 - 5:04pm

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