Barchaniella inspersus
Barchaniella inspersus is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1887. It is found in Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan,[1] Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, north-western China and south-western Mongolia.
| Barchaniella inspersus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Barchaniella |
| Species: | B. inspersus |
| Binomial name | |
| Barchaniella inspersus (Christoph, 1887) | |
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The length of the forewings is 12–16 mm for males and 13–17 mm for females. The forewings are light brown with a weak light pattern. The hindwings are almost white. Adults are on wing from April to August.
The larvae live inside the trunks of Haloxylon species, in which they overwinter twice.[2]
References
- Schoorl, J.W. 1990: PDF A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 263: 1-295.
- Ревизия древоточцев рода Holcocerus Staudinger, 1884 (s. l.)
- Cossinae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum, London
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