Paracossulus
| Paracossulus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Subfamily: | Cossinae |
| Genus: | Paracossulus Schoorl, 1990 |
| Species: | P. thrips
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| Binomial name | |
| Paracossulus thrips (Hübner, 1818)
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Paracossulus thrips is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia,[1] Kazakhstan and Turkey. The habitat consists of exclaves of open steppe vegetation on sands or loess and xerophilous grasslands on alkaline substrates.[2]
The larvae bore the roots of Artemisia species.[3]
References
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- ^ "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". June 6, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06.
- ^ "Catopta thrips.pdf | Reporting under Habitats Directive (Article 17)". forum.eionet.europa.eu.
- ^ "Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa". www.leps.it.