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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Zeuzerinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Cossidae

Scientific name
  
Xyleutes

Higher classification
  
Zeuzerinae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Xyleutes

Similar
  
Cossidae, Xyleutes strix, Insect, Butterflies and moths, Endoxyla

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

Contents

Many species of Xyleutes are considered as crop or forestry pests. They are stem borers boring the branches and trunks of coffee, teak, eucalyptus, acacia and other forest trees.

Species

Some species of this genus are:

  • Xyleutes benestriata (Hampson, 1904) (Bahamas)
  • Xyleutes desdemona Dyar & Schaus, 1937
  • Xyleutes keyensis Strand, 1919
  • Xyleutes persona (le Guillou, 1841) (India, Sri Lanka, South-east Asia to the Solomons, Australia)
  • Xyleutes poam (Dyar, 1918) (Mexico)
  • Xyleutes striata (Druce, 1901)
  • Xyleutes strix (Linnaeus, 1758) (from India to New Guinea and Philippines)
  • Xyleutes terrafirma (Schaus, 1911)
  • Xyleutes unilinea (Dyar, 1925)
  • Xyleutes xanthotherma (Hampson, 1919) (Peru)
  • Xyleutes xuna Dyar & Schaus, 1937

    • Former species

  • Xyleutes acontucha
  • Xyleutes adusta Roepke, 1957
  • Xyleutes affinis Rothschild, 1896
  • Xyleutes anceps Snellen, 1900
  • Xyleutes atriplaga Le Cerf, 1919
  • Xyleutes biatra (Hampson, 1910)
  • Xyleutes boisduvali Rothschild, 1896
  • Xyleutes capensis Walker
  • Xyleutes ceramica (Walker, 1865)
  • Xyleutes clara Bryk, 1950
  • Xyleutes crassus (Drury, 1780)
  • Xyleutes dictyograpta Roepke, 1957
  • Xyleutes dictyotephra Clench, 1959
  • Xyleutes d'urvillei Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Xyleutes euphyes West, 1932
  • Xyleutes forsteri Clench, 1959
  • Xyleutes hyphinoe (Cramer, 1777)
  • Xyleutes leuconotus (Walker, 1856)
  • Xyleutes lutescens Roepke, 1957
  • Xyleutes lunifera (Hampson, 1910)
  • Xyleutes maculatus (Snellen, 1879)
  • Xyleutes malayica Roepke, 1957
  • Xyleutes mineus (Cramer, 1777)
  • Xyleutes pardicolor (Moore, 1879)
  • Xyleutes polioplaga (Hampson, 1910)
  • Xyleutes quarlesi
  • Xyleutes sjoestedti (Aurivillius, 1900)
  • Xyleutes stenoptera Roepke, 1957
  • Xyleutes stephania (Druce, 1887)
  • Xyleutes unimaculosa (Matsumura, 1931)
  • Xyleutes vosseleri Gaede, 1929

    • References

    Xyleutes Wikipedia
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