Mormogystia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae.

Diagnosis

Mormogystia is distinguished from all other Cossidae genera by having large silvery areas on the forewing.

Description

Medium sized, brightly coloured moths. Male antennae bipectinate with very short processes; female antennal pecten much reduced. Large silvery areas on the forewing forming fasciae make this the only Cossidae genus to have such a high contrast pattern. Hindwings are uniform.

Distribution

The genus consists of four species distributed in north Africa, the Levant, Arabian Peninsula and Kenya.

Species

Mormogystia brandstetteri Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Yakovlev, 2011
Mormogystia equatorialis (Le Cerf, 1933)
Mormogystia proleuca (Hampson in Walsingham et Hampson, 1896)
Mormogystia reibellii (Oberthür, 1876)