Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856)

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 : 394

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.4.8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F2FD3A7B-E5EC-4124-9E91-BE43A1B6D360

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6147860

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA3987EB-0F03-FFF7-11F0-FF5EFBDBED05

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scientific name

Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856)
status

 

Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856) View in CoL

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Zeuzera capensis Walker, 1856: 1533 .

Type locality. Port Natal [S. Africa, Natal prov.].

Type material (holotype) in BMNH.

Distribution. From Central ( Tanzania) to Southern Africa (Yakovlev 2011).

Host: Cassia bicapsularis L., C. siamea Lam., C. laevigata Willd., C. didymobotrya Fresen. (Fabaceae) , Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) , Pavonia columella (Malvaceae) (Pinhey 1979; Schoorl 1990; Kroon 1999).

Material examined. 2 males, S. Africa, Zimbabwe, Manicaland Prov., Vukutu , 18°21'52"S 32°36'29"E, h 1900 m, 01– 03.12.2010, leg. Ustjuzhanin P. & Kovtunovich V. (RYB); 1 male, Zimbabwe, Manicaland, Nyanga, Kwaraguza, 2170 m, 28.01.2011, S 18°13.03; E 32°50.13, J. Lenz legit. (RYB).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Cossidae

Genus

Strigocossus

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