The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species
Author
Yakovlev, Roman V.
Author
Murphy, Raymond J.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3709
4
371
393
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.5
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1175-5326
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Strigocossus moderata
(Walker, 1856)
(
Fig. 30–33
)
Zeuzera moderata
Walker, 1856: 1533
.
Type
locality.
Sierra Leone
.
Type
material.
Holotype
in
BMNH
, examined.
=
Strigocossus leucopteris
Houlbert, 1916: 84
.
Syn. nov.
Type
locality: „Johann-Albrechts-Hohe,
Kamerun
“.
Type
material.
Holotype
in MNHN, examined.
=
Xyleutes sjoestedti vosseleri
Gaede, 1930: 546
.
Syn. nov.
Type
locality: Moschi, D. O. Africa [
Tanzania
].
Type
material.
Holotype
in MHUB, examined.
Distribution.
South Africa
,
Mozambique
,
Zambia
,
Malawi
,
Tanzania
,
Kenya
,
Cameroun
,
Gabon
etc. (Pinhey 1979; Vári
et al.
2002).
Host:
Cassia
,
Pterolobium
(Pinhey 1979)
.
Material examined.
1 male
, Ntchisi forest, C.
Malawi
,
5000 ft
., 24.11–
2.12.2000
, leg. R.J. Murphy (RMM);
1 male
, Likhubula, Mulanje Mts.,
Malawi
,
600 m
,
9.10.2004
, leg. R.J. Murphy (RMM);
1 male
, same locality,
27.11.2008
, leg. R.J. Murphy (RMM);
1 male
, same locality,
24.01.2009
, leg. R.J. Murphy (RMM);
1 male
, Ntchisi
10 km
E., Ntchisi Forest Reserve, C.
Malawi
,
13°22’S
;
34°00’E
,
15.01.2009
, leg. V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin (RYB).