Roepkiella chloratus

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Roepkiella chloratus is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Cossidae
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Roepkiella chloratus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Roepkiella
Species:
R. chloratus
Binomial name
Roepkiella chloratus
(C. Swinhoe, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Cossus chloratus C. Swinhoe, 1892
  • Paracossus chloratus
  • Cossus divisa Rothschild, 1912
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It is found in Sundaland and the Philippines.[1] Its habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

Its larvae burrows in the bark of the Parkia species.[2]

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