Azygophleps leopardina Distant, 1902

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 : 46

Azygophleps leopardina Distant, 1902

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Azygophleps leopardina Distant, 1902: 213−214 .

Type locality: Transvaal, Pretoria.

Type material: Holotype in NHMUK, examined.

Distribution: Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe ( Grünberg 1910; Mey 2016; Pinhey 1975; Yakovlev 2011; Yakovlev & Murphy 2013; Yakovlev et al. 2019), Mozambique.

Material examined. Mozambique, Maputo Special Reserve. 8 males, Ponta Milibangalala (Dune grassland), 15 m, 26°26’58.6”S, 32°55’29.8”E, 17−21.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg., ANHRT : 2018.2; 2 males, Mangrove Camp (Mangrove/Woodland Mosaic), 26°19’35.9”S, 32°42’35.7”E, 7−9.xii.2016, MV Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Cristovao, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT :2017.22 ( ANHRT and MHNM).

Remark. New country record for Mozambique.

Figures

Figures 3−10. Сossidae, adults (all from ANHRT): 3. Afrikanetz smithi Yakovlev & László sp. n., holotype, dorsal; 4. Afrikanetz smithi Yakovlev & László sp. n., holotype, ventral; 5. Brachylia maputo Yakovlev & László sp. n., holotype, dorsal; 6. Brachylia maputo Yakovlev & László sp. n., holotype, ventral; 7. Azygophleps asylas (Cramer, 1779), ♂; 8. Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856), ♂; 9. Azygophleps leopardina Distant, 1902, ♂; 10. Phragmataecia irrorata Hampson, 1910, ♂.