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Roepkiella chloratus

Roepkiella chloratus is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.

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Jul 3, 2026
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Length
122 w
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Roepkiella chloratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Roepkiella
Species:
R. chloratus
Binomial name
Roepkiella chloratus
(C. Swinhoe, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Cossus chloratus C. Swinhoe, 1892
  • Paracossus chloratus
  • Cossus divisa Rothschild, 1912

Roepkiella chloratus is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.

It is found in Sundaland and the Philippines.1 Its habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

Its larvae burrows in the bark of the Parkia species.2

References

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Roepkiella chloratus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Cossus chloratus Swinhoe". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 22, 2020.