Euxoa cos (Hübner, 1824)

Fetnassi, Nidal, Er-rguibi, Omar, Aglagane, Abdessamad, Ghamizi, Mohamed & Õunap, Erki, 2025, Updates to the checklist of nocturnal Macroheterocera (Lepidoptera) of the Central High Atlas of Morocco: One new species added for Morocco, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 137839-e 137839 : e137839-

Euxoa cos (Hübner, 1824)

Notes

Only one heavily-damaged (metathorax and abdomen missing) female specimen was collected from Taddart (Fig. 16 f ). The identification is based on DNA barcoding (99.7 % match) and the wing pattern of the forewings is also congruent with that of E. cos . The species is known to occur in southern Europe. However, outside Europe, there have been records from Algeria, TunisiaT and the Middle East ( Fibiger 1990, Leraut 2019 b), but no records from Morocco. All studies available on the Zoological Records database on Moroccan moths reveal no prior reports of this species. Additionally, we are unaware if these species are held in any private collections, as there have been no reports confirming this. Consequently, based on this lack of earlier data, we conclude that this record represents a new species for Morocco.

Figures

Figure 16 f. Female Euxoa cos (Hübner), Taddart, 26 / 09 / 2021.