| Strigocossus | |
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| Extract from Plate II. HEPIALUS CRASSUS (= Strigocossus crassa). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeuzerinae |
| Genus: | Strigocossus Houlbert, 1916 |
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Strigocossus ) is a genus of large moths belonging to the subfamily Zeuzerinae in family Cossidae. The genus was described by Constant Vincent Houlbert in 1916 ((type species – Strigocossus leucopteris)
The genus includes 13 species, widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagadcar: