Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874

Yakovlev, Roman V., László, Gyula M. & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2020, Contribution to the knowledge of the Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve in South Mozambique with description of two new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 28, pp. 40-52 : 48-49

Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874

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Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874: 4 ; pl. 82, fig. 9.

Type locality: [ South Africa, Western Cape, Cape of Good Hope ], Cap. b .

Type material: Holotype in NHMUK, examined.

Distribution: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Reunion, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe ( Trimen 1909; Lamborn 1914; Mayné 1917; Cotterell, 1930; Alibert 1951; Mallamaire 1956; Gardner 1957; Wagner et al. 2008; N'Guessan et al. 2010; Yakovlev 2011; Mey 2007, 2016; Prinsloo & Uys 2015; Yakovlev et al. 2019).

Material examined. Mozambique, Maputo Special Reserve. 1 male, Ponta Milibangalala ( Dune Grassland ), 26°26’58.6”S, 32°55’29.8”E, 15 m, MV Light trap, 25−30.v.2017, Aristophanous, M., László, Gy., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg., ANHRT : 2017.26 ( ANHRT); 1 male, West Gate ( Sand Forest ), 22 m, 26°30’14.2”S, 32°42’59.6”E, 20.v.−9.vi.2017, Aristophanous, M., László, Gy., Miles, W., Vetina, A. leg., ANHRT :2017.26 ( ANHRT).

Figures

Figures 11−14. Сossidae, adults (all from ANHRT): 11. Aethalopteryx atriplaga (Le Cerf, 1919), ♂; 12. Aethalopteryx tristis (Gaede, 1915), ♂; 13. Strigocossus capensis (Walker, 1856), ♂; 14. Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874, ♂.