Aethalopteryx forsteri ( Clench, 1959 )

Yakovlev, Roman V., Sulak, Harald & Witt, Thomas J., 2019, Preliminary list of Cossidae sensu str. (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea: Cossidae: Cossinae & Zeuzerinae) of the Republic of Angola with description of a new Strigocossus species, Zootaxa 4586 (3), pp. 445-460 : 449-450

Aethalopteryx forsteri ( Clench, 1959)

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Xyleutes forsteri Clench, 1959: 14 –15. The combination Aethalopteryx forsteri ( Clench, 1959) was established by Yakovlev (2011).

Type locality. SW Africa, Okahandja [ Namibia] .

Distribution. Southwestern and eastern Africa ( Vári et al. 2002).

Material examined. Holotype ♂, SW Africa, Okahandja [ Namibia] ( ZSM), examined; 3 ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 5 km N Camava, 14°47.865´S 14°13.633´E, 1434 m, 29.XI.2013, leg. Naumann, Ott & Sulak ( MWM); 4 ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 17 km NWN Ndongwe, 15°21.564´S 13°55.132´E, 1356 m, 28.XI.2013, leg. Naumann, Ott & Sulak ( MWM); 1 ♂, Angola, Cunene Prov., ca. 5 km N Humbe, 16°35.794´S 14°54.802´E, 1116 m, 27.XI.2013, leg. Naumann, Ott & Sulak ( MWM).

Remarks. First record from Angola.

Figures

FIGURES 2‒8. Cossidae, adult specimens: 2. Macrocossus toluminus (Druce, 1887), ♂, Angola, Prov. Huambo, 6 km N Chnigenge, Serra do Dembi (MWM); 3. Mirocossus sombo Yakovlev, 2011, ♂, holotype (ZSM); 4. Namibiocossus punctifer (Gaede, 1929), [Angola], Huila District. (NHMUK); 5. Aethalopteryx atriplaga (Le Cerf, 1919), ♀, holotype (MNHN); 6. Aethalopteryx forsteri (Clench, 1959), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 17 km NWN Ndongwe (MWM); 7. Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874, ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 65 km S Lubango (MWM); 8. Alophonotus rauana (Strand, 1909), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 10 km SW Cacula (MSW).