Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Murphy, Raymond J., 2013, The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3709 (4), pp. 371-393 : 386

Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856)

( Figs. 41–42 )

Zeuzera inclusa Walker, 1856: 1534

Type locality. Port Natal [Durban, South Africa].

Type material. Holotype in BMNH, examined.

Host: Indigofera L. (Le Pelley 1959).

Distribution. Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire (Pinhey 1979; Vári et al. 2002; Yakovlev 2011).

Reported by A.O. Majawa (1980).

Material examined. 2 males, Nkhorongo Mzuzu, Mzimba distr., N. Malawi, 1375 m, 28 Nov. 1997, leg. R.J. Murphy (RMM); 1 male, E. Africa, S. Malawi, Lake Malawi N.P., 70 km NW Mangochi, Monkey Bay, 14°03'27"S 34°52'31"E, h 534 m, 16.12.2010, leg. Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. (RYB); 3 males, S. Malawi, Nsanje District, 125 km S Blantyre, Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve, 16°39'20"S 35°03'02"E, h 127 m, 23.04.2011, leg. R. Yakovlev (RYB); 5 males, 2 females, Thazima Gate forest, Nyika NP, Rumphy distr., N. Malawi, S10°43’; E 33°39’E, 1930 m, 0 7.01.2009, leg. Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P. (RYB); 1 male, Luwawa Forest, S. Viphya, N. Malawi, 3.11.2003, leg. P. Schmit (RYB); 2 males, Zomba Mt., S. Malawi, 26.10.2003, leg. P. Schmit (RYB).

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 50. 40, Oreocossus kilimanjarensis (Holland, 1892), male, Malawi. 41, Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856), male. 42, Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856), female. 43, Azygophleps boisduvalii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854). 44, Azygophleps nubilosa Hampson, 1910. 45, Azygophleps aburae (Plotz, 1880). 46, Azygophleps leopardina Distant, 1902. 47, Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775). 48, Azygophleps atrifasciata Hampson, 1910. 49, Azygophleps atrifasciata Hampson, 1910. 50, Meharia murphyi Yakovlev et al., 2013.