Alophonotus rauana ( Strand, 1909 )

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

Alophonotus rauana ( Strand, 1909)

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Chalcidica (Duomitus) rauana Strand, 1909: 130 . Combination Alophonotus rauana ( Strand, 1909) was established by Schoorl (1990).

Type locality. D[eutsch] O[stafrika] Afrika , Kilimanjaro [ Tanzania] .

Distribution. Senegal, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo, Tanzania, South Africa ( Vári et al. 2002).

Material examined. Holotype ♀, D.O. Africa, Rau Fl., Kilimandjaro, Mitte, XI.1904, C. Uhlig S.G. ( MNKB), examined; 1 ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 10 km SW Cacula , 04–06.XI.2011, leg. P. Schüle ( 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).