Roepkiella chloratus

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Roepkiella chloratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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] The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

Larvae bore in the bark of Parkia species.[2]

References[edit]

  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.