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Trismelasmos papuana

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Trismelasmos papuana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Trismelasmos
Species:
T. papuana
Binomial name
Trismelasmos papuana
(Roepke, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Xyleutes papuana Roepke, 1955

Trismelasmos papuana is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Roepke in 1955.[1] It is found in New Guinea,[2] where it has been recorded from Papua, Papua New Guinea and the Dampier Archipelago.

The wings have a pale (often white) ground colour.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
  2. ^ Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
  3. ^ The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia