Azygophleps asylas ( Cramer, 1779 )

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 : 456

Azygophleps asylas ( Cramer, 1779)

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Phalaena asylas Cramer, 1779: 62 , pl. 137, Fig. C. The combination Azygophleps asylas ( Cramer, 1779) was established by Gaede (1929).

Type locality. Cape of Good Hope [ South Africa] .

Type material lost ( Yakovlev 2011).

Distribution. Southern Africa.

Material examined. 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) ; 1 ♂, Angola, Benguela Prov., btw. Cutembo & Caluquembe, 14 km E Cutembo, 13°47.905´S 14°01.928´E, 1047 m, 23.III.2014, leg. Sulak, Naumann & Ott, GenPr 26757 ( MWM) .

Remarks. First record from Angola.

Figures

FIGURES 17‒27. Cossidae, adult specimens: 17. Strigocossus tandoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1927), ♂, syntype, N’Dalla Tando, N. Angola (NHMUK); 18. Tarsozeuzera livingstoni Yakovlev, 2006, ♀, Angola, Prov. Huila, Caconda-Huambo, vic. N. Monaco (MSW); 19. Oreocossus occidentalis Strand, 1912, holotype (MNKB); 20. Paralophonotus auroguttatus (Herrich- Schäffer, [1854]), ♀, Zaïre, Kisangani (MRAC); 21. Azygophleps asylas (Cramer, 1779), ♂, Angola, Benguela Prov., btw. Cutembo - Caluquembe, 14 km E Cutembo (MWM); 22. Azygophleps inclusa (Walker, 1856), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 5 km N Camava (MWM); 23. Azygophleps junkeri Yakovlev & Witt, 2017, holotype (MWM); 24. Azygophleps legraini Yakovlev, 2011, ♂, Muquitixe, Angola (NMZ); 25. Azygophleps leopardina Distant, 1902, ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 65 km S Lubango (MWM); 26. Azygophleps liturata (Aurivillius, 1879), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov. (MWM); 27. Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775), ♂, Angola, Prov. Benguela, btw. Cutembo & Caluquembe, 14 km E Cutembo (MWM).