Culama

Culama is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.

Culama
Culama australis
Culama crepera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Cossinae
Tribe:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Culama Walker, 1856
Synonyms
Pseudocossus Gaede, 1933 (preocc.)

Species

• australis species group
  • Culama anthracica Kallies & D.J. Hilton, 2012
  • Culama australis Walker, 1856 (= rhytiphorus Lower, 1893 and mesogeia Turner, 1932)
  • Culama crepera Turner, 1939
  • Culama dasythrix Turner, 1945
• suffusca species group
  • Culama alpina Kallies & D.J. Hilton, 2012
  • Culama glauca Kallies & D.J. Hilton, 2012
  • Culama suffusca Kallies & D.J. Hilton, 2012

Former species

• Culama caliginosa Walker, 1856
• Culama treicleiota Bethune-Baker, 1911

References

• Kallies, A. & D.J. Hilton, 2012: Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Zootaxa 3454: 1-62. Abstract: [1].
• Yakovlev, R.V., 2010: Taxonomic position of the genus Culama Walker, 1856 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Euroasian Entomological Journal, 9 (1): 101-102. Full article: [2].

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog