Aethiopsestis echinata Watson, 1965

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Aethiopsestis echinata Watson, 1965

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Aethiopsestis echinata Watson, 1965 . Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 27(2): 263. Type locality: [ Zimbabwe] S. Rhodesia, Salisbury. Holotype, ♂, in coll. NHMUK.

Figures

Figures 9–14: adults (all ©NHMUK). 9, Aethiopsestis austrina, holotype, ♂, Zimbabwe; 10, Ibidem, paratype, ♀, Zimbabwe; 11, A. nebulosa, holotype, ♂, RSA; 12, Ibidem, ♀, RSA; 13, A. echinata, holotype, ♂, Zimbabwe; 14, A. mufindiae, holotype, ♂, Tanzania.

Figures 26–29. Male genitalia. 26, Aethiopsestis echinata, holotype, gen. slide No. BM Thyatiridae 2 (©NHMUK); 27, A. mufindiae, holotype, gen. slide No. BM Thyatiridae 40 (©NHMUK); 28, Ibidem, gen. slide No. LG 5626 (ANHRT); 29, Ibidem, gen. slide No. LG 5627 (ANHRT).