A new species of Neurocossus (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Cossinae) from India with a catalogue of the genus
R.V. Yakovlev
Abstract. A new species Neurocossus albuquerci sp. nov. of the rare poorly studied oriental genus Neurocossus Yakovlev, 2011 (Cossidae: Cossinae) is described from India. The new species clearly differs from all known species of the genus in the very small size (fore wing length 9 mm), poorly developed reticulate pattern on fore wing and very wide uncus with semicircular apex. The article also contains an illustrated catalogue of the genus Neurocossus.
Key words: carpenter moths, taxonomy, biodiversity, fauna, entomology, Asia, India, Cossidae, Cossinae, Neurocossus, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2023, 32(1): 112-115 ▪ Published online 22 August 2023
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2023.32.1.112 ▪ Open full article 
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