Psychidocossus

Psychidocossus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Psychidocossus; D. S. Fletcher, 1982
Species:	P. infantilis
Binomial name
	Psychidocossus infantilis; (Schaus, 1911)
Synonyms
	Psychopsis Dyar, 1940 (preocc. Newman, 1842); Cossus infantilis Schaus, 1911; Psychopsis infantilis;

Psychidocossus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1982. Its one species, Psychidocossus infantilis, described by William Schaus in 1911, is found in Costa Rica.[1]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psychidocossus infantilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psychidocossus infantilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.