Biology:Patoptoformis
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Patoptoformis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.[1][2]
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.[2]
Distribution
The genus is known from Nepal, Northeast India (Assam), Laos, and southwestern China (Sichuan).[1]
Species
There are four recognized species:[1]
- Patoptoformis ganesha (Yakovlev, 2004)
- Patoptoformis hanuman Yakovlev, 2006
- Patoptoformis poltavskyi Yakovlev, 2020
- Patoptoformis rimsaitae Saldaitis & Yakovlev, 2012
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Savela, Markku. "Patoptoformis Yakovlev, 2006". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/cossoidea/cossidae/cossinae/patoptoformis/#rimsaitae.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ivinskis, Povilas; Rimsaite, Jolanta; Saldaitis, Aidas; Yakovlev, Roman (2012). "Description of two new species of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from China". ZooKeys 192: 35–49. doi:10.3897/zookeys.192.2611.
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