Strigocossus ochricosta (Fletcher, 1968)

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Murphy, Raymond J., 2013, The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3709 (4), pp. 371-393 : 385

Strigocossus ochricosta (Fletcher, 1968)

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Azygophleps ochricosta Fletcher, 1968: 326 –327.

Type locality. Vumba, S. Rhodesia.

Type material. Holotype in BMNH, examined.

Distribution. Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Botswana, Guinea, S. Africa (Fletcher 1968; Vári et al. 2002).

Material examined. 5 males, Mt. Mulanje, Lujeri Estate, Mulanje distr., S. Malawi, 1000 m, 19.10.2003, leg. P. Schmit (RYB); 4 males, E. Africa, N. Malawi, Rumphi District, Nyika N.P., 10°43'40"S 33°39'11"E, h 1923 m, 23– 24.12.2010, leg. Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. (RYB); 6 males, E. Africa, S. Malawi, Mt. Zomba, 70 km N Blantyre, 15°21'06"S 35°17'27"E, h 1561m, 13.12.2010, leg. Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. (RYB); 2 males, E. Africa, N. Malawi, 100 km N Mzuzu, Uzumara Mt., 10°52'18"S 34°07'45"E, h 1931 m, 21– 22.12.2010, leg. Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. (RYB); 2 males, E. Africa, S. Malawi, Lake Malawi N.P., 70 km NW Mangochi, Monkey Bay, 14°03'27"S 34°52'31"E, h 534 m, 16.12.2010, leg. Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. (RYB); 2 males, Thazima Gate forest, Nyika NP, Rumphy distr., N. Malawi, S10°43’; E 33°39’E, 1930 m, 0 7.01.2009, leg. Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. (RYB).

Figures

FIGURES 34 – 39. 34, Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856), holotype, BMNH. 35, Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856), type of Azygophleps flavitincta Hampson, 1910. 36, Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856), type of Azygophleps kilimandjarae Le Cerf, 1914. 37, Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856), female, Malawi. 38, Strigocossus tandoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1927), male, Malawi. 39, Strigocossus ochricosta (Fletcher, 1968), male, Malawi.