Cossodes

Cossodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae. Its sole species, Cossodes lyonetii, is found in south-western Western Australia.

Cossodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Cossinae
Tribe:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Cossodes White, 1841
Species:	C. lyonetii
Binomial name
Cossodes lyonetii White, 1841
Synonyms
Tirema Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

The wingspan is 55–58 mm for males and about 63 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to March.

The larvae feed on Xanthorrhoea species.^[1]