Trismelasmos Explained

Trismelasmos is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.

Species

• Trismelasmos agni Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos albicans (Roepke, 1955)
• Trismelasmos ardzhuna Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos arfakensis Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos brechlini Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos chakra Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos cinerosa (Roepke, 1955)
• Trismelasmos dejongi Schoorl, 2001
• Trismelasmos drago Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos draupadi Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos elegans (Roepke, 1955)
• Trismelasmos euphanes (West, 1932)
• Trismelasmos floresi Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos indra Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos jordani (Roepke, 1955)
• Trismelasmos kalisi Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos kunti Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos maculatus (Snellen, 1879) (=Xyleutes pygmaea Roepke, 1957)
• Trismelasmos magellani Yakovlev, 2006
• Trismelasmos major (Roepke, 1957)
• Trismelasmos mindanao Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos minimus (Houlbert, 1916)
• Trismelasmos mixta (Pagenstecher, 1888)
• Trismelasmos nakula Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos pandu Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos papuana (Roepke, 1955)
• Trismelasmos papuasi Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos peleng Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos sinyaevi Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos shudra Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos snowensis Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos soma Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos suriya Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos tectorius (Swinhoe, 1901)
• Trismelasmos valentini Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos varuna Yakovlev, 2011
• Trismelasmos vulkani Yakovlev, 2011

Former species

• Trismelasmos dictyograpta (Roepke, 1957)
• Trismelasmos robinson Yakovlev, 2004

Etymology

The genus name is derived from Greek tris (meaning thrice) and melasmos (meaning a blackening).^[1]

References

• , 2004: New taxa of Cossidae from SE Asia. Atalanta 35(3-4): 369-382.
• , 2006, New Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, Tinea 19 (3): 188-213.
• , 2011: Two new species of the goat moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from New Guinea. Amurian zoological journal III(3): 284-286. Full article: https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182422/http://www.bgpu.ru/azj/distributor.jsp?tom=3&nomer=3&article=13.

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Notes and References

1. 1990: A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 263: 1-295. PDF