Trismelasmos papuana

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.

Trismelasmos papuana
Scientific classification
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

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

References
  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


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