Semitocossus johannes

Semitocossus johannes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Semitocossus
Yakovlev, 2007
Species: S. johannes
Binomial name
Semitocossus johannes
(Staudinger, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Paropta johannes Staudinger, 1899
  • Cossus striolatus Rothschild, 1912

Semitocossus johannes is a species of moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in Israel, Jordan, south-western Turkey[1] and Saudi Arabia.

Adults are on wing from in April, August and October in Israel.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Calotropis procera.[2]

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