Strigocossus crassa

Strigocossus crassa is a moth in the family Cossidae.^[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Wyoming, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and South Africa.^[2][3]

Strigocossus crassa
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Strigocossus
Species:	S. crassa
Binomial name
Strigocossus crassa (Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Noctua) crassa Drury, 1782 Duomitus lunifera Hampson, 1910 Duomitus polioplaga Hampson, 1910 Xyleutes speciosus Houlbert, 1916

Description

Upper side: antennae filiform, whiteish at the base, black at the tips. Head whiteish, small. Thorax whiteish, having two black tufts of hair on the shoulders, and two next the abdomen; upper part yellowish brown. Abdomen dark brown, almost black, ringed and edged with dark grey. Anterior wings whiteish, intermixed with many patches and irregular spots of grey and dark brown. Posterior wings darkish grey brown, but lighter along the posterior edges.

Under side: all the parts on this side are of a dark yellow brown, of the same colour with the upper side of the inferior wings. Abdomen rather lighter, with a dark brown line running along its middle from the thorax to the anus. Wingspan 7 inches (178 mm).^[4]