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Carpenter and Leopard Moths
Cossidae
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 Lepidoptera found worldwide, They are nocturnal, except for the Southeast Asian subfamily Ratardinae.
This family includes many species with large caterpillars and moths with a wingspan from 9–24 cm (3+1⁄2–9+1⁄2 in). These moths are mostly grey; some have long, narrow wings and resemble hawkmoths (Sphingidae) which are more advanced macrolepidoptera, however. Many are twig, bark, or leaf mimics, and Cossidae often have some sort of large marking at the tip of the forewing uppersides, conspicuous in flight, but resembling a broken-off twig when the animals are resting.
41 branches of this family, most-observed first
Cossinae
subfamilyCossinae
Leopard Moths
subfamilyZeuzerinae
Hypoptinae
subfamilyHypoptinae
Cossulinae
subfamilyCossulinae
Ptilomacra
genusPtilomacra
Idioses
genusIdioses
Eusthenica
genusEusthenica
Lebedodes
genusLebedodes
Chilecomadiinae
subfamilyChilecomadiinae
Mehariinae
subfamilyMehariinae
Stygiinae
subfamilyStygiinae
Politzariellinae
subfamilyPolitzariellinae
Catoptinae
subfamilyCatoptinae
Trigena
genusTrigena
Coryphodema
genusCoryphodema
Charmoses
genusCharmoses
Schreiteriana
genusSchreiteriana
Givarbela
genusGivarbela
Puseyia
genusPuseyia
Pseudurgis
genusPseudurgis
Eugivira
genusEugivira
Nomima
genusNomima
Carohamilia
genusCarohamilia
Kariosa
genusKariosa
Squamicapilla
genusSquamicapilla
Bruandia
genusBruandia
Sumatratarda
genusSumatratarda
Stenagra
genusStenagra
Surcossus
genusSurcossus
Melisomimas
genusMelisomimas
Psychidocossus
genusPsychidocossus
Psychogena
genusPsychogena
Geraldocossus
genusGeraldocossus
Subarchaeopacha
genusSubarchaeopacha
Brephomorpha
genusBrephomorpha
Dimorphoctena
genusDimorphoctena
Allostylus
genusAllostylus
Psychidarbela
genusPsychidarbela
Saalmulleria
genusSaalmulleria
Lentagena
genusLentagena
Mekla
genusMekla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122745.