# Strigocossus

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***Strigocossus*** ) is a genus of large [moths](/source/Moth) belonging to the subfamily [Zeuzerinae](/source/Zeuzerinae) in family [Cossidae](/source/Cossidae). The genus was described by [Constant Vincent Houlbert](/source/Constant_Vincent_Houlbert) in 1916 ((type species – [Strigocossus leucopteris](/source/Strigocossus_leucopteris))

## Species

The genus includes 13 species, widely distributed in [Sub-Saharan Africa](/source/Sub-Saharan_Africa) and [Madagadcar](/source/Madagascar):[2]

- *[Strigocossus ambahona](/source/Strigocossus_ambahona)* (Viette, 1954)
- *[Strigocossus crassa](/source/Strigocossus_crassa)* (Drury, 1782)
- *[Strigocossus capensis](/source/Strigocossus_capensis)* (Walker, 1856)
- *[Strigocossus cretacea](/source/Strigocossus_cretacea)* (Butler, 1878)
- *[Strigocossus elephas](/source/Strigocossus_elephas)* Yakovlev, 2013
- *[Strigocossus guillemei](/source/Strigocossus_guillemei)* (Houlbert, 1916)
- *[Strigocossus hepialoides](/source/Strigocossus_hepialoides)* Yakovlev, 2011
- *[Strigocossus kushit](/source/Strigocossus_kushit)* Yakovlev, 2011
- *[Strigocossus mediopallens](/source/Strigocossus_mediopallens)* (D. S. Fletcher, 1968)
- *[Strigocossus moderata](/source/Strigocossus_moderata)* (Walker, 1856)
- *[Strigocossus ochricosta](/source/Strigocossus_ochricosta)* (D. S. Fletcher, 1968)
- *[Strigocossus ralffiebigi](/source/Strigocossus_ralffiebigi)* Yakovlev, 2021
- *[Strigocossus tandoensis](/source/Strigocossus_tandoensis)* (Bethune-Baker, 1927)

## Former species

- *[Strigocossus kilimandjarae](/source/Strigocossus_kilimandjarae)* (Le Cerf, 1914)
- *[Strigocossus leucopteris](/source/Strigocossus_leucopteris)* Houlbert, 1916
- *[Strigocossus vosseleri](/source/Strigocossus_vosseleri)* (Gaede, 1930)

## References

1. Houlbert, C. 1916. "Sur la distribution géographique des *Xyleutes* (Lép. Zeuzeridae) et description de sept espèces nouvelles". *Etudes de Lépidoptérologie comparée* 11bis:59–118.

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). ["*Strigocossus* Houlbert, 1916"](http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/376140). *Afromoths*. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

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