An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India Author Ahmad, Jalil 0000-0001-7719-864X Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & jalilahmad 23046 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7719 - 864 X jalilahmad23046@gmail.com Author Joshi, Rahul 0000-0001-8514-1272 Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & joshiarctiidae @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8514 - 1272 joshiarctiidae@gmail.com Author Singh, Navneet 0000-0002-6657-7983 Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India & nsgill 007 @ gmail. com https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6657 - 7983 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-16 5330 3 301 348 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1 journal article 53896 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1 7eb7cff0-e104-4479-a645-f332186f8a80 1175-5326 8254738 3FBFCEB8-4DA2-459B-A668-A35D2EA249F9 Family Brachodidae Brachodidae (little bear moths) is a small family with 160 described species worldwide (Nieukerken et al . 2011) and is widely distributed except North America. Brachodidae are unusual due to their exclusive association with monocotyledonous hostplants, including grasses, sedges and palms. Brachodids are small to medium sized robust moths, mostly diurnal with hindwing having noticeably enlarged anal field and the abdomen usually extends beyond the hindwings in set specimens (Kallies 2016). The Brachodidae of the Oriental region and adjacent areas was revised by Kallies (1998, 2004, 2013). The Brachodidae comprises three subfamilies viz., Brachodinae , Pseudocossinae and Phycodinae ( Kallies 2013 ) , although, the African subfamily Pseudocossinae was treated under Cossidae by Yakovlev (2011) . At present, 13 species in six genera of Brachodidae are known from India and are mainly distributed in Himalayas, North East India , southern India , central India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands .