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{{short description|Monotypic moth genus in subfamily Polizariellinae}}{{Speciesbox
| genus = Geraldocossus
| parent_authority = Yakovlev & Sáfián, 2016
| species = durrelli
| authority = Yakovlev & Sáfián, 2016
| synonyms =
}}Geraldocossus is a monotypic genus of moths in the Politzariellinae subfamily of the carpenter miller moths. Description Geraldocossus durrelli is of medium size, with a forewing length of 15 mm. Its short and wide forewings are darkly coloured with a faint pattern and have rounded apices and mottled black and brown fringes. The hindwings are an unpatterned dark grey with a uniformly grey fringe. The underside of the forewings is black, that of the hindwings is grey; both hold no patterns. The thorax and abdomen are covered with dark scales, brown in case of the thorax and black on the abdomen. Antennae are simple.[4]G. durrelli can be distinguished from other species in the Politzariellinae subfamily based on male genitalia, from which it differs by the presence of needle-like spines at the apices of the gnathos branches and by the complicated juxta-structure which includes three pairs of lateral processes.[4] Distribution G. durrelli is known solely from Mount Cameroon, where both known specimens were collected on the south-western slope at an altitude of 1100 m above sea level, in the submontane zone.[4]EtymologyBoth the generic and specific name are in honour of Gerald Durrell.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite journal|last1=Yakovlev|first1=R. V.|last2=Sáfián|first2=S.|title=Geraldocossus gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Mount Cameroon (West Africa)|journal=Zootaxa|date=26 May 2016|volume=4114|issue=5|pages=595–599|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.8|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303535542_Geraldocossus_gen_nov_Lepidoptera_Cossidae_from_Mount_Cameroon_West_Africa|accessdate=8 March 2017}}
AfroMoths|url=http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/375900|website=www.afromoths.net|accessdate=8 March 2017}}[1]
}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q25399253}}{{Cossoidea-stub}} 5 : Politzariellinae|Monotypic moth genera|Cossidae genera|Moths described in 2016|Moths of Africa |