Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013

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 : 452

Strigocossus elephas Yakovlev, 2013

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Yakovlev & Murphy, 2013: 381.

Type locality: Ouganda [ Uganda], Gulu distr., Ajulu .

Distribution. From central to southern Africa ( Yakovlev & Murphy, 2013).

Material examined. Holotype ♂, Ouganda [ Uganda], Gulu distr., Ajulu, 1035 m, 10.IV.2010, leg. P. Schmit ( MWM), examined; 10 ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 3 km N Camava, 14°49.446’S / 14°13.594’E, 1414 m, 30.XI.2013, leg. Naumann, Ott & Sulak ( MWM); 6 ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 5 km N Camava, 14°47.865’S / 14°13.633’E, 1434 m, 29.XI.2013, leg. Naumann, Ott & Sulak ( MWM); 11 ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 17 km NWN Ndongwe, 15°21.564’S / 13°55.132’E, 1356 m, 28.XI.2013, leg. Naumann, Ott & Sulak ( MWM); 5 ♂, Huila Prov., N slopes Mt. Hole, ca. 5 km SSW Bonga, 14°14.963’S / 13°58.097’E, 1053 m, 01.XII.2013, leg. Naumann, Ott & Sulak ( MWM); 2 ♂, Angola, Prov. Huila, Rio Areja-Viriambundo , S 15°349/E014°044, 4.XI.2012, leg. M. Weninger ( MSW).

Remarks. First record from Angola.

Figures

FIGURES 9‒14. Strigocossus sp., adult male specimens: 9. S. capensis (Walker, 1856), Angola, Prov. Huambo, 6 km N Chnigenge, Serra do Dembi (MWM); 10. S. crassa (Drury, 1782), Angola, Prov. Cuanza Sul, 1 km N Chipita, btw. Uku-Sumbe (MWM); 11. S. elephas Yakovlev, 2013, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 5 km N Camava (MWM); 12. S. moderata (Walker, 1856), Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 17 km NWN Ndongwe (MWM); 13. S. otti Yakovlev, Sulak & Witt, sp. nov., holotype (MWM); 14. S. otti, paratype, Angola, Huila prov., Caconda-Huambo, vic. N. Monaco (MSW).