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Strigocossus ochricosta Yakovlev & Murphy 2013

  • 1. Altai State University Prospect Lenina, 61 Barnaul, 656049, Russia & Tomsk State University Prospect Lenina, 36 Tomsk, 634050, Russia; e-mail: yakovlev _ asu @ mail. ru
  • 2. Museum Witt, Tengstrasse, 33, D- 80796 Munich, Germany; e-mail: thomas @ witt-thomas. com & Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539, München, Germany * Corresponding author

Description

Strigocossus ochricosta (Fletcher, 1968)

Azygophleps ochricosta Fletcher 1968: 326–327.

Type locality. Vumba, S. Rhodesia [Zimbabwe].

Type material. Holotype in NHMUK, examined.

Distribution. Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Botswana, Guinea, Zimbabwe, S. Africa (Fletcher 1968; Vári et al. 2002; Yakovlev & Murphy 2013).

Material examined: 1 ♂, Rwanda, Nyungwe, 24.xi.1981, A. Vandenberghe (RMCA); 4 ♂, Rwanda, Nyungwe NP, 1800 m, Busoro, 2°32′S / 29°11′E, 29.vii.2008, leg. J. & W. De Prins (RMCA); 1 ♂, Ruanda, Mahembe, 1400 m, terr. Nyanza, 13−15.i.1953, P. Basilewsky (RMCA); 3 ♂, Rwanda, P.N. Nyungwe, Uwipcka, vii.2008, Eric Vingerhoerd (MWM); 1 ♂, Rwanda, P.N. Nyungwe, Kitomba, vii.2008, Eric Vingerhoerd (MWM); 1 ♀, Rwanda, P.N. Nyungwe, Pindura, 1850 m, vii.2008, Eric Vingerhoerd (MWM); 2 ♂, Rwanda, Nyakabuye, 1200 m, 06.vi.1985, leg. Mühle (MWM).

Notes

Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Witt, Thomas J., ., .,., ., . & ., 2019, First records of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Republic of Rwanda, pp. 38-41 in Ecologica Montenegrina 21 on page 39, DOI: 10.37828/em.2019.21.3, http://zenodo.org/record/12716402

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MWM , RMCA
Event date
1953-01-13 , 1981-11-24 , 1985-06-06 , 2008-07-29
Verbatim event date
1953-01-13/15 , 1981-11-24 , 1985-06-06 , 2008-07-29
Scientific name authorship
Yakovlev & Murphy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Cossidae
Genus
Strigocossus
Species
ochricosta
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Strigocossus ochricosta Yakovlev, 2013 sec. Yakovlev, Witt, ., ., ., . & ., 2019

References

  • Fletcher, D. S. (1968) Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952, 1 (8), 325 - 329.
  • Vari, L., Kroon, D. M. & Kruger, M. (2002) Classification and Checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in Southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chastwood, 385 pp.
  • Yakovlev, R. V. & Murphy, R. J. (2013) The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 3709 (4), 371 - 393. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3709.4.5