# Acosma

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***Acosma*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) [moth](/source/Moth) genus in the family [Cossidae](/source/Cossidae) described by Roman V. Yakovlev in 2011. It contains only one species, ***Acosma gurkoi***, described in the same article, which is found in [South Sudan](/source/South_Sudan).[1][2]

## References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). ["*Acosma gurkoi* Yakovlev, 2011"](http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ACOSGURK). *Afromoths*. Retrieved November 23, 2017.

1. Yakovlev, Roman V. (2011). ["Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera)"](https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Neue-Entomologische-Nachrichten_66_0001-0129.pdf). *Neue Entomologische Nachrichten*. **66**: 1-129.

- [Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml)

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