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Cossinae
The Cossinae are the nominate subfamily of the Cossidae (carpenter or goat moths). The caterpillars of several Cossinae species, such as the carpenterworm (Prionoxystus robiniae) and the goat moth (Cossus cossus), are significant pests. On the other hand, in Chile the caterpillars of the Chilean moth (Chilecomadia moorei) are collected on a commercial scale for sale as fishing bait and terrarium pet food; they are usually called "butterworms" in international trade.
The Cossulinae have been separated from the Cossinae in recent decades, but this was not universally accepted at first. Some misplaced genera have been moved between the subfamilies, and as it seems the Cossulinae at least now represent a monophyletic group.
56 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Cossus
genusCossus
Prionoxystus
genusPrionoxystus
Acossus
genusAcossus
Endagriini
tribeEndagriini
Zeuzerocossini
tribeZeuzerocossini
Culama
genusCulama
Comadia
genusComadia
Zyganisus
genusZyganisus
Fania
genusFania
Groenendaelini
tribeGroenendaelini
Roepkiella
genusRoepkiella
Holcocerus
genusHolcocerus
Toronia
genusToronia
Macrocyttara
genusMacrocyttara
Wittocossus
genusWittocossus
Paropta
genusParopta
Streltzoviella
genusStreltzoviella
Macrocossus
genusMacrocossus
Wiltshirocossus
genusWiltshirocossus
Deserticossus
genusDeserticossus
Kotchevnik
genusKotchevnik
Kalimantanossus
genusKalimantanossus
Arctiocossus
genusArctiocossus
Dyspessacossus
genusDyspessacossus
Barchaniella
genusBarchaniella
Neurocossus
genusNeurocossus
Hirtocossus
genusHirtocossus
Assegaj
genusAssegaj
Paracossus
genusParacossus
Cossodes
genusCossodes
Lichtensteiniana
genusLichtensteiniana
Chinocossus
genusChinocossus
Camellocossus
genusCamellocossus
Gobibatyr
genusGobibatyr
Cryptoholcocerus
genusCryptoholcocerus
Aholcocerus
genusAholcocerus
Semitocossus
genusSemitocossus
Meyoarabiella
genusMeyoarabiella
Mirocossus
genusMirocossus
Namibiocossus
genusNamibiocossus
Pecticossus
genusPecticossus
Rethona
genusRethona
Mahommedella
genusMahommedella
Gumilevia
genusGumilevia
Koboldocossus
genusKoboldocossus
Patoptoformis
genusPatoptoformis
Hollowiella
genusHollowiella
Reticulocossus
genusReticulocossus
Pygmeocossus
genusPygmeocossus
Rambuasalama
genusRambuasalama
Sundacossus
genusSundacossus
Chingizid
genusChingizid
Yakudza
genusYakudza
Plyustchiella
genusPlyustchiella
Frantsdanielia
genusFrantsdanielia
Rasa
genusRasa
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 371634.