Eulophonotus stephanius ( Druce, 1887 )

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Murphy, Raymond J., 2013, The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3709 (4), pp. 371-393 : 377

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.5

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6152810

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scientific name

Eulophonotus stephanius ( Druce, 1887 )
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Eulophonotus stephanius ( Druce, 1887)

( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 16 – 23. 16 )

Zeuzera stephania Druce, 1887: 685 , pl. 55: fig. 3

Type locality. Nyassa [ Malawi].

Type material. Holotype in BMNH, examined.

Distribution. South Africa, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique ( Hampson, 1910b; Pinhey, 1979).

Material examined. 1 male, Chimaliro FR, Kasungu distr., C. Malawi, 4200 ft., 26.02.1998, leg. R.J. Murphy (RMM); 1 male, Mughese FR, Chitipa distr., N. Malawi, 6000 ft, 17– 28.12.2000, leg. R.J. Murphy (RMM); 1 male, Ntchisi forest, Malawi, 18− 25.03.2001, leg. R.J. Murphy (RMM); 4 males, N. Malawi, Rumphi District, Nyika N.P., 10°41'30"S 33°39'56"E, h 1961 m, 25.12.2010, leg. Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. (RYB); 1 male, N. Malawi, Nkhata Bay, Kolwe Forest Reserve, 11°36'39"S 34°14'60"E, h 540 m, 19.04.2011, leg. R. Yakovlev.

Druce, H. (1887) Descriptions of some new Species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, mostly from Tropical Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1887, 668 - 686. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1887. tb 08160. x

Hampson, G. F. (1910 b) Zoological Collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent Territories. Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1910, 388 - 483. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1910. tb 01899. x

Pinhey, E. C. G. (1979) Cossidae. Moths of Southern Africa. Description and colour illustrations of 1183 species. Rotterdam, 273 pp.

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FIGURES 16 – 23. 16, Eulophonotus stephanius (Druce). 17, Alophonotus rauana (Strand,). 18, Aethalopteryx squameus (Distant). 19, Aethalopteryx obscurascens (Gaede). 20, Aethalopteryx forsteri (Clench,), male, Malawi (coll. V. Kalinin). 21, Zeuzeropecten zambica Yakovlev. 22, Tarsozeuzera livingstoni Yakovlev. 23, Tarsozeuzera livingstoni Yakovlev.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Cossidae

SubFamily

Zeuzerinae

Genus

Eulophonotus