Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874

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 : 450

Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874

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Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874 : pl. 82: fig. 9.

Type locality. Cape of Good Hope [ South Africa] .

Distribution. The continental Afrotropical region ( Pinhey 1979; Yakovlev 2011). Material examined. Holotype ♀, Cape of Good Hope (NHMUK), examined; 1 ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 65 km S Lubango, 15°21.567´S 13°55.071´E, 1345 m, 3¯ 4.IV.2014, leg. Sulak & Ott (MWM); 3 ♂, Angola, Prov. Huila, Caconda-Huambo, vic. N. Monaco, 13°262´S 15°227´E, 10.XI.2012, leg. Weniger (MSW).

Remarks. First record from Angola.

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FIGURES 2‒8. Cossidae, adult specimens: 2. Macrocossus toluminus (Druce, 1887), ♂, Angola, Prov. Huambo, 6 km N Chnigenge, Serra do Dembi (MWM); 3. Mirocossus sombo Yakovlev, 2011, ♂, holotype (ZSM); 4. Namibiocossus punctifer (Gaede, 1929), [Angola], Huila District. (NHMUK); 5. Aethalopteryx atriplaga (Le Cerf, 1919), ♀, holotype (MNHN); 6. Aethalopteryx forsteri (Clench, 1959), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 17 km NWN Ndongwe (MWM); 7. Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874, ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 65 km S Lubango (MWM); 8. Alophonotus rauana (Strand, 1909), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 10 km SW Cacula (MSW).