Azygophleps scalaris ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Yakovlev, Roman V., Sulak, Harald & Witt, Thomas J., 2019, Preliminary list of Cossidae sensu str. (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea: Cossidae: Cossinae & Zeuzerinae) of the Republic of Angola with description of a new Strigocossus species, Zootaxa 4586 (3), pp. 445-460 : 458

Azygophleps scalaris ( Fabricius, 1775)

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Phalaena (Hepialus) scalaris Fabricius, 1775: 590 . The combination Azygophleps scalaris ( Fabricius, 1775) was established by Hampson (1892).

Type locality. China .

Type material. Probably lost ( Yakovlev 2011).

Distribution. Pakistan, India, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Somali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Kenya, Angola, Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan, Malawi ( Arora 1976; Schoorl 1990; Yakovlev 2011; Yakovlev & Witt 2016b).

Material examined. 2 ♂, Angola, prov. Benguela, btw. Cutembo & Caluquembe, 14 km E Cutembo, 13°47.905′ S 14°01.928′E, 1047 m, 23.III.2014, leg. Sulak, Naumann & Ott (MWM).

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FIGURES 17‒27. Cossidae, adult specimens: 17. Strigocossus tandoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1927), ♂, syntype, N’Dalla Tando, N. Angola (NHMUK); 18. Tarsozeuzera livingstoni Yakovlev, 2006, ♀, Angola, Prov. Huila, Caconda-Huambo, vic. N. Monaco (MSW); 19. Oreocossus occidentalis Strand, 1912, holotype (MNKB); 20. Paralophonotus auroguttatus (Herrich- Schäffer, [1854]), ♀, Zaïre, Kisangani (MRAC); 21. Azygophleps asylas (Cramer, 1779), ♂, Angola, Benguela Prov., btw. Cutembo - Caluquembe, 14 km E Cutembo (MWM); 22. Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 5 km N Camava (MWM); 23. Azygophleps junkeri Yakovlev & Witt, 2017, holotype (MWM); 24. Azygophleps legraini Yakovlev, 2011, ♂, Muquitixe, Angola (NMZ); 25. Azygophleps leopardina Distant, 1902, ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 65 km S Lubango (MWM); 26. Azygophleps liturata (Aurivillius, 1879), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov. (MWM); 27. Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775), ♂, Angola, Prov. Benguela, btw. Cutembo & Caluquembe, 14 km E Cutembo (MWM).