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Acosma

Acosma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by Roman V. Yakovlev in 2011. It contains only one species, Acosma gurkoi, described in the same article, which is found in South Sudan.

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Aug 3, 2026
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Acosma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Zeuzerinae
Genus: Acosma
Yakovlev, 2011
Species:
A. gurkoi
Binomial name
Acosma gurkoi
Yakovlev, 2011

Acosma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by Roman V. Yakovlev in 2011. It contains only one species, Acosma gurkoi, described in the same article, which is found in South Sudan.12

References

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Acosma gurkoi Yakovlev, 2011". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. Yakovlev, Roman V. (2011). "Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera)". Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. 66: 1-129.