Xyleutes

Xyleutes
Xyleutes strix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Zeuzerinae
Genus: Xyleutes
Hübner, [1820]
Type species
Phalaena strix Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Hinnaeya Moore, 1883
  • Melanostrigus Houlbert, 1916
  • Strigomorphus Houlbert, 1916
  • Strigoides Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Hyleutes Gaede, 1915
  • Kyleutes Clench, 1959

Xyleutes is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.

Many species of Xyleutes are considered as crop or forestry pests. They are stem borers boring the branches and trunks of coffee, teak, eucalyptus, acacia and other forest trees.

Species

Some species of this genus are:

Former species

References

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