# Semitocossus

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***Semitocossus johannes*** is a species of [moth](/source/Moth) of the family [Cossidae](/source/Cossidae). It is found in [Israel](/source/Israel), [Jordan](/source/Jordan), south-western [Turkey](/source/Turkey)[1] and [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia).

Adults are on wing from in April, August and October in Israel.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on *[Calotropis procera](/source/Calotropis_procera)*.[2]

## References

1. ["Cossidae of Israel"](http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=105775). 2023-12-02. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231202162901/http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=105775) 2023-12-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-03-16.

1. Dhafer, H. M. Al; Aldryhim, Y. N.; Elgharbawy, A. A.; Fadl, H. H. (May 2012). ["Insects Associated with Milkweed Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. in the Ibex Reserve in the Central Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"](https://bioone.org/journals/entomological-news/volume-122/issue-3/021.122.0304/Insects-Associated-with-Milkweed-Calotropis-procera-Ait-Ait-in-the/10.3157/021.122.0304.full). *Entomological News*. **122** (3): 233–246. [doi:10.3157/021.122.0304](https://doi.org/10.3157/021.122.0304). [ISSN 0013-872X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0013-872X)

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