Aethalopteryx squameus (Distant, 1902)

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Lenz, Jürgen, 2013, On the Fauna of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Zimbabwe with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3718 (4), pp. 387-397 : 393

Aethalopteryx squameus (Distant, 1902)

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Duomitus squameus Distant, 1902: 213

Type locality. Transvaal, Pretoria (S. Africa).

Type material (syntypes) in BMNH and TMSA.

Distribution. South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Ghana, Angola, Tanzania (Pinhey 1979; Vári et al. 2002).

Material examined. 1 male, Zimbabwe, Juliasdale, Vukutu , S 18°21.11; E 32°36.58, 12.11.2009, 1930 m, J. Lenz legit. (RYB).

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FIGURES 4 – 13. 4. Mirocossus badialus (Fletcher), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 5. Brachylia vukutu Yakovlev & Lenz, sp. nov., holotype (MWM). 6. Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, cotype (BMNH). 7. Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, Zimbabwe (RYB). 8. Eulophonotus stephanius (Druce), Zimbabwe (RYB). 9. Aethalopteryx squameus (Distant), Zimbabwe (RYB). 10. Aethalopteryx obscurascens (Gaede), male (coll. V. Kalinin). 11. Strigocossus capensis (Walker), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 12. Strigocossus ochricosta (Fletcher), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 13. Oreocossus kilimanjarensis (Holland), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 14. Azygophleps inclusa (Walker), male, Zimbabwe (RYB).