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 Cossidae Cossidae (carpenter moths or goat moths) is universally distributed with 971 globally known species (Nieukerken et al . 2011). Adults are mostly grey in colour, small to very large, usually robust; some have long, narrow wings and resemble hawk moths. Antennae are less than half the length of forewing, usually bipectinate, rarely filiform, serrate, or unipectinate in male, usually filiform in female. Many species mimic twigs, barks and leaves. Caterpillars are smooth with a few hairs and they have an unpleasant smell, hence also known as ‘goat moths’. First catalogue of the family was published by the Dalla-Tore (1923) with nearly 500 species belonging to 57 genera including 35 species with eight genera from Indian region. However, the firstever catalogue of Indian cossidae was documented by Arora (1976) , reporting only 31 species. Yakovlev (2011) published a catalogue of family Cossidae from the Old world. In the recent years, many new Indian taxa of Cossidae were described by Yakovlev (2005 , 2006, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2021). FIGURE 2. Distribution of families in different biogeographic zones/zones of India. At present, 47 species in 26 genera of Cossidae are known from India under three subfamilies; Catoptinae (two species in one genus), Cossinae (11 species in eight genera), and Zeuzerinae (35 species in 19 genera).