Paracossulus
Display parents2
Parent authoritySchoorl, 1990
TaxonParacossulus thrips
Authority(Hübner, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx thrips Hübner, 1818
  • Catopta thrips
  • Hypopta thrips
  • Cossus fuchsiana Eversmann, 1832
  • Cossus kindermanni Freyer, 1836
  • Catopta thrips polonica Daniel, 1953

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

  1. ^ "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". June 6, 2014. Archived 2014-06-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Catopta thrips.pdf | Reporting under Habitats Directive (Article 17)". forum.eionet.europa.eu
  3. ^ "Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa". www.leps.it