Paracossulus thrips is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia,[1] Kazakhstan and Turkey. The habitat consists of exclaves of open steppe vegetation on sands or loess and xerophilous grasslands on alkaline substrates.[2]
Paracossulus thrips | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Genus: | Paracossulus Schoorl, 1990 |
Species: | P. thrips |
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Paracossulus thrips (Hübner, 1818) | |
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The larvae bore the roots of Artemisia species.[3]
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