Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775)

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Phalaena (Hepialus) scalaris Fabricius, 1775: 590 .

Type locality. China.

Type material. lost.

Distribution. Pakistan, India, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Somali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Kenya, Angola, Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan, Malawi (Yakovlev 2011).

Host: Sesbania grandiflora, S. roxburghii, S. bispinosa, S. javanica, S. sesban, Crotalaria L. (Robinson et al. 2001).

Material examined. 1 male, Kalwe (Kolwe) Forest, Nkhata Bay distr., N. Malawi, 11°36’S; 34°15’E, 19.04.2011, leg. R. Yakovlev (RYB).