Athalia aethiopica Koch, 2006

(Fig. 10 A–D)

Athalia aethiopica Koch, 2006: 302 . Locus typicus: Abyssinia [Ethiopia], Dire-Daua. Holotype: ♀. Abyssinia, Dire-Daua [09°36'N 041°52'E], 19.XI.1911 (HNHM).

Additional Ethiopian material. Wagira [13°00'N 037°40'E] (2 ♀) (UZMT, ZSM); Tshertsher [= Chercher, 12°33'N 039°50'E], X.1911 (2 ♂), leg. Kovàcs (HNHM); Gemu-Gofa Prov.: Arba-Minch [06°02'N 037°33'E], 1972 (1 ♂), leg. H. Rupp (MRAC); Jimma [07°40'N 036°50'E], 25–29.XI.1969, leg. R. H. Cobben; Jimma, waterval, 70 km to Addis Abeba, 23.X.1969 (1 ♀), leg. R. H. Cobben (WUPS); near Senkele N. P., 07°13’N 038°16’E, ≈ 2000 m, 17.IX.2012, on Vernonia auriculifera (Asteraceae) flowers, P3622 (1 ♀), leg. J.-L. Boevé & A. Pauly (RBINS); Oromia, Ghedo, 09°01’N 037°27’E, 2400 m, 10.IX.2013, P3805 (1 ♂), 11.IX.2013, P3806 (1 ♀), 12.IX.2013, P3807a (1 ♀), 14.IX.2013, P3808 (1 ♂), 24.IX.2013, P3810a, P3810b (2 ♀), 26.IX.2013, P3812 (1 ♀), 17.X.2013, P3815 (1 ♀), 18.X.2013, P3821 (1 ♂), 21.X.2013, P3816 (1 ♀; HBRC), leg. Z. A. Hora, A. Pauly & J.-L. Boevé (RBINS).

Distribution. Ethiopia (Fig. 8 B).

Host plant. Unknown. The adult collected near Senkele N. P. was most probably on V. auriculifera for pollen feeding.