Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775)

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Murphy, Raymond J., 2013, The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3709 (4), pp. 371-393 : 390-391

Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775)

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Phalaena (Hepialus) scalaris Fabricius, 1775: 590 .

Type locality. China.

Type material. lost.

Distribution. Pakistan, India, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Somali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Kenya, Angola, Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan, Malawi (Yakovlev 2011).

Host: Sesbania grandiflora , S. roxburghii , S. bispinosa , S. javanica , S. sesban , Crotalaria L. (Robinson et al. 2001).

Material examined. 1 male, Kalwe (Kolwe) Forest, Nkhata Bay distr., N. Malawi, 11°36’S; 34°15’E, 19.04.2011, leg. R. Yakovlev (RYB).

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 50. 40, Oreocossus kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892), male, Malawi. 41, Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856), male. 42, Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856), female. 43, Azygophleps boisduvalii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854). 44, Azygophleps nubilosa Hampson, 1910. 45, Azygophleps aburae (Plotz, 1880). 46, Azygophleps leopardina Distant, 1902. 47, Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775). 48, Azygophleps atrifasciata Hampson, 1910. 49, Azygophleps atrifasciata Hampson, 1910. 50, Meharia murphyi Yakovlev et al., 2013.