Strigocossus ochricosta (Fletcher, 1968)

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

Strigocossus ochricosta (Fletcher, 1968)

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Azygophleps ochricosta Fletcher, 1968: 326 –327.

Type locality. Vumba, S. Rhodesia ( Botswana).

Type material (holotype) in BMNH.

Distribution. Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Botswana, Guinea, Zimbabwe, S. Africa (Vári et al. 2002).

Material examined. 1 female, Zimbabwe, Juliasdale, Vukutu , S 18°21.11; E 32°36.58, 12.11.2009, 1930 m, J. Lenz legit. (RYB); 10 males, S. Africa, Zimbabwe, Manicaland Prov., Bvumbe/Bunga Forest, 19°07'14"S 32°46'10"E, h 1650 m, 04– 05.12.2010, leg. Ustjuzhanin P. & Kovtunovich V. (RYB); 1 male, S. Africa, Zimbabwe, Manicalend, Selinda Mt., Chirinda Forest, 20°24'36"S 32°41'57"E, h 1150 m, 07– 08.01.2011, leg. Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. (RYB); 1 male, Zimbabwe, Manicaland, Nyanga, S 18°13.34; E 32°49.67, 20.10.2009, leg. J. Lenz (RYB).

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 13. 4. Mirocossus badialus (Fletcher), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 5. Brachylia vukutu Yakovlev & Lenz, sp. nov., holotype (MWM). 6. Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, cotype (BMNH). 7. Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, Zimbabwe (RYB). 8. Eulophonotus stephanius (Druce), Zimbabwe (RYB). 9. Aethalopteryx squameus (Distant), Zimbabwe (RYB). 10. Aethalopteryx obscurascens (Gaede), male (coll. V. Kalinin). 11. Strigocossus capensis (Walker), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 12. Strigocossus ochricosta (Fletcher), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 13. Oreocossus kilimanjarensis (Holland), male, Zimbabwe (RYB). 14. Azygophleps inclusa (Walker), male, Zimbabwe (RYB).