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Patoptoformis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Cossidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Patoptoformis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.

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Description

The genus consists of small dark colored moths with dark hair densely covering the body. The antennae are bipectinate. Forewing with a scarcely seen streaky pattern; hindwing dark without pattern; fringe evenly dark on both wings. Sexual dimorphism weakly expressed but female somewhat larger than male with wider wings and non-pectinate antennae.

Distribution

The genus consists of three species distributed in India (Assam), Nepal and south-eastern China (Sichuan)

Species

  • Patoptoformis ganesha (Yakovlev, 2004)
  • Patoptoformis hanuman Yakovlev, 2006
  • Patoptoformis rimsaitae Saldaitis & Yakovlev, 2012
  • References

    Patoptoformis Wikipedia