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Phalaena cossus Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

Description

Phalaena cossus [spec. nov.]

P. Bombyx elinguis, alis deflexis nebulosis, thorace fascia postica atra.

Mer. eur. 3. t. 36.

Habitat in Ligno putrescente.

Larva subpilosa, rubra, dorso sanguineo, capite nigro.

Romanis in hoc luxuria esse coepit, praegrandesque Roborum vermes delicatiore sunt in cibo, Cossos vocant, atque etiam farina saginati; hi quoque altiles fiunt. Plin. XVII: 24.

* * * * * Bombyces spirilingues Alis patulis.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on pages 504-505, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Identifiers

Biodiversity

Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Phalaena
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
cossus
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Phalaena cossus Linnaeus, 1758