FAMILY COSSIDAE
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Cossus cinereus Roepke  
    Cossus cinereus Roepke, 1957: 10.
   
Cossus cinereus Roepke; Barlow, 1982: 44.


Cossus cinereus


Diagnosis.
The forewings are pale grey with a distinctive inverted ‘V' in darker grey. The male antennae are conspicuously bipectinate over the basal third. The male genitalia resemble those of chloratus.

Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species is found in lowland rainforest.

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