Aethalopteryx obscurascens (Gaede, 1930)

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Lenz, Jürgen, 2013, On the Fauna of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Zimbabwe with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3718 (4), pp. 387-397 : 393

Aethalopteryx obscurascens (Gaede, 1930)

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Xyleutes obscurascens Gaede, 1930: 547 .

Type locality. Maraquo, Centr. Abyss. [Central Ethiopia].

Type material (holotype) in BMNH.

Distribution. E. Africa: from Ethiopia to Malawi and Zimbabwe (Yakovlev 2011).

Material examined. 1 male, Zimbabwe, Manicaland, Vukutu, 1900 m , 15.12.2011, leg. V. Kovtunovich (coll. V. Kalinin, Moscow).

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FIGURES 4 – 13. 4. Mirocossus badialus (Fletcher), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 5. Brachylia vukutu Yakovlev & Lenz, sp. nov., holotype (MWM). 6. Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, cotype (BMNH). 7. Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, Zimbabwe (RYB). 8. Eulophonotus stephanius (Druce), Zimbabwe (RYB). 9. Aethalopteryx squameus (Distant), Zimbabwe (RYB). 10. Aethalopteryx obscurascens (Gaede), male (coll. V. Kalinin). 11. Strigocossus capensis (Walker), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 12. Strigocossus ochricosta (Fletcher), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 13. Oreocossus kilimanjarensis (Holland), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 14. Azygophleps inclusa (Walker), male, Zimbabwe (RYB).