Dyspessa salicicola

Dyspessa salicicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Dyspessa
Species: D. salicicola
Binomial name
Dyspessa salicicola
(Eversmann, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Cossus salicicola Eversmann, 1848
  • Dyspessa salicicola f. lutescens Silbernagel, 1944

Dyspessa salicicola is a species of moth of the Cossidae family. It was described by Eversmann in 1848. It is found in Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey.[1]

The length of the forewings is 9–14 mm for males and 9–15 mm for females. The forewings are yellow with a row of four to five dark round spots in the postdiscal area. The hindwings are grey.[2]

Subspecies

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Yakovlev, R.V., 2005: New data on distribution and systematic of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Europe and adjacent territories. Eversmannia 3-4: 18-27. Full article: